Will Pryce
Photo of a contemporary entryway in London.

Inspiration for a contemporary front yard garden in Montreal with a retaining wall.

In this entrance the doors to the storage were painted in to match the wallpaper.
Contemporary mudroom in London with a white front door.

Matthew Millman Photography http://www.matthewmillman.com/

Laguna Beach, California Custom Home: New smooth stucco on all exterior walls, including low walls at the downhill entry area, highlight the contemporary, planar elements of this unique entry design. Custom metal window and door systems enhance the minimalist aesthetic, while a natural wood bench in a bed of tumbled white stones softens the entry area and invites visitors to rest and gather.

This is an example of a mid-sized contemporary front door in Sacramento with a gray front door, grey walls, concrete floors, a single front door and grey floor.

The driving impetus for this Tarrytown residence was centered around creating a green and sustainable home. The owner-Architect collaboration was unique for this project in that the client was also the builder with a keen desire to incorporate LEED-centric principles to the design process. The original home on the lot was deconstructed piece by piece, with 95% of the materials either reused or reclaimed. The home is designed around the existing trees with the challenge of expanding the views, yet creating privacy from the street. The plan pivots around a central open living core that opens to the more private south corner of the lot. The glazing is maximized but restrained to control heat gain. The residence incorporates numerous features like a 5,000-gallon rainwater collection system, shading features, energy-efficient systems, spray-foam insulation and a material palette that helped the project achieve a five-star rating with the Austin Energy Green Building program. Photography by Adam Steiner

Photography: @ Lauren Hall Knight
Photo of a contemporary front yard garden in San Francisco.

The new house sits back from the suburban road, a pipe-stem lot hidden in the trees. The owner/building had requested a modern, clean statement of his residence. A single rectangular volume houses the main program: living, dining, kitchen to the north, garage, private bedrooms and baths to the south. Secondary building blocks attached to the west and east faces contain special places: entry, stair, music room and master bath. The modern vocabulary of the house is a careful delineation of the parts - cantilevering roofs lift and extend beyond the planar stucco, siding and glazed wall surfaces. Where the house meets ground, crushed stone along the perimeter base mimics the roof lines above, the sharply defined edges of lawn held away from the foundation. It's the movement through the volumes of space, along surfaces, and out into the landscape, that unifies the house. ProArc Photography

Design ideas for a contemporary two-storey multi-coloured house exterior in Brisbane with mixed siding and a flat roof.

Inspiration for a large contemporary foyer in Munich with grey walls, concrete floors, a double front door and a brown front door.

Inspiration for a mid-sized contemporary wood straight staircase in Cologne with wood risers.

Peter Murdock
Inspiration for a contemporary living room in New York with no tv.

Part urban cabin, part neighbourhood intervention, the 1,600-square-foot house and its younger sibling, a 400-square-foot laneway home, read like residential installation art. Featuring Slate-Grey pre painted steel standing seam wall panels by Ace Copper

This is an example of a contemporary entry hall in Austin with white walls, medium hardwood floors, a single front door and a medium wood front door.

Design ideas for a contemporary entryway in Dorset with white walls and white floor.

Ken Dahlin
Design ideas for a contemporary front door in Milwaukee with a single front door.

We cut out the middle box of the cubbies to visually connect this room to the rest of the house. Now people can see who is at the door.
This is an example of a contemporary mudroom in Boston with yellow walls.

This is an example of a contemporary one-storey exterior in San Francisco with a metal roof.