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Geoff Brown
Whangapoua Beach House on the Coromandel Peninsula
Design ideas for a modern one-storey house exterior in Auckland with a flat roof.
Design ideas for a modern one-storey house exterior in Auckland with a flat roof.
Resolution: 4 Architecture
This urban infill prefab is located at the foot of the Throgs Neck Bridge on Eastchester Bay in the Bronx. The Bronx Box is a modified version of the double-decker, 2-story bar typology with an additional storage ‘saddle bag’, containing built in cabinets along the length of the house.
Given the narrow lot, the design aims to celebrate the constraints of its zoning envelope; the site’s set backs, height limitations, and flood plain requirements yield a compact footprint while still featuring off-street parking, a small patch of green, and an expansive roof deck with stunning views of the bay beyond.
The first floor is compact and contains a wall of storage running the length of the floor. An open living, dining and kitchen area is organized in a linear manner and opens out onto an elevated deck. Exterior stairs are the full width of the house and lead down to the pier that juts out into the bay. The second floor mimics the linear organization of the first and a wall of storage as well, but two bedrooms and two bathrooms occupy the rest of the space. The master bedroom features its own fireplace and balcony while a structural glass skylight allows for natural light into the internal bathroom. A metal clad roof bulkhead was carefully sculpted within the zoning restrictions and provides access to an expansive roof deck providing 360º views of the bay and surrounding neighborhood.
The house is clad in cement board with cedar accents and Ipe wood decks to keep maintenance issues at a minimum. Given that the home’s modern aesthetic builds from the existing colors, textures, and diverse qualities within the surrounding urban fabric, it has been accepted as another unique personality within the neighborhood.
Architects: Joseph Tanney, Robert Luntz
Project Architect: John Kim
Manufacturer: Simplex Industries
Project Coordinator: Jason Drouse
Engineer: Lynne Walshaw P.E., Greg Sloditskie
Contractor: Northbrook Contracting Corp.
Photographer: © RES4, © Laurie Lambrecht
Eaton + Stipp Custom Homes
Modern Contemporary Villa exterior with black aluminum tempered full pane windows and doors, that brings in natural lighting. Featuring contrasting textures on the exterior with stucco, limestone and teak. Cans and black exterior sconces to bring light to exterior. Landscaping with beautiful hedge bushes, arborvitae trees, fresh sod and japanese cherry blossom. 4 car garage seen at right and concrete 25 car driveway. Custom treated lumber retention wall.
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Atlanta modern home designed by Dencity LLC and built by Cablik Enterprises. Photo by AWH Photo & Design.
This is an example of a mid-sized modern one-storey orange house exterior in Atlanta with a flat roof.
This is an example of a mid-sized modern one-storey orange house exterior in Atlanta with a flat roof.
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Photo of a modern exterior in Phoenix.
Photo of a modern exterior in Phoenix.
James Witt Homes
Photography by Bernard Andre
Modern one-storey beige exterior in San Francisco with a flat roof.
Modern one-storey beige exterior in San Francisco with a flat roof.
Suman Architects
Design ideas for a mid-sized modern two-storey brown exterior in Denver with mixed siding and a shed roof.
Genesis Architecture, LLC.
South-facing rear of home with cedar and metal siding, wood deck, sun shading trellises and sunroom seen in this photo.
Ken Dahlin
Inspiration for a modern house exterior in Milwaukee with metal siding and a shed roof.
Inspiration for a modern house exterior in Milwaukee with metal siding and a shed roof.
Ryan Fung Photography
Design ideas for a modern three-storey grey house exterior in Toronto with a flat roof.
Teton Heritage Builders
Location: Jackson Hole, WY
Project Manager: Keith A. Benjamin
Superintendent: Russell E. Weaver
Architect: Nagle Hartray
Design ideas for a modern exterior in Denver with wood siding.
Design ideas for a modern exterior in Denver with wood siding.
Vetter Architects
The client’s request was quite common - a typical 2800 sf builder home with 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, living space, and den. However, their desire was for this to be “anything but common.” The result is an innovative update on the production home for the modern era, and serves as a direct counterpoint to the neighborhood and its more conventional suburban housing stock, which focus views to the backyard and seeks to nullify the unique qualities and challenges of topography and the natural environment.
The Terraced House cautiously steps down the site’s steep topography, resulting in a more nuanced approach to site development than cutting and filling that is so common in the builder homes of the area. The compact house opens up in very focused views that capture the natural wooded setting, while masking the sounds and views of the directly adjacent roadway. The main living spaces face this major roadway, effectively flipping the typical orientation of a suburban home, and the main entrance pulls visitors up to the second floor and halfway through the site, providing a sense of procession and privacy absent in the typical suburban home.
Clad in a custom rain screen that reflects the wood of the surrounding landscape - while providing a glimpse into the interior tones that are used. The stepping “wood boxes” rest on a series of concrete walls that organize the site, retain the earth, and - in conjunction with the wood veneer panels - provide a subtle organic texture to the composition.
The interior spaces wrap around an interior knuckle that houses public zones and vertical circulation - allowing more private spaces to exist at the edges of the building. The windows get larger and more frequent as they ascend the building, culminating in the upstairs bedrooms that occupy the site like a tree house - giving views in all directions.
The Terraced House imports urban qualities to the suburban neighborhood and seeks to elevate the typical approach to production home construction, while being more in tune with modern family living patterns.
Overview:
Elm Grove
Size:
2,800 sf,
3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms
Completion Date:
September 2014
Services:
Architecture, Landscape Architecture
Interior Consultants: Amy Carman Design
Allchin Builders
This is an example of a modern one-storey brick red house exterior in Other with a gable roof, a metal roof and a grey roof.
Spacecrafting / Architectural Photography
Builder: John Kraemer & Sons, Inc. - Architect: Charlie & Co. Design, Ltd. - Interior Design: Martha O’Hara Interiors - Photo: Spacecrafting Photography
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