Small Two Floor House Exterior with Three Floors Ideas and Designs

Façade of the rural home sits quietly in the landscape. Photograph by Brendan Finn.

The bedroom on the first floor has access to a private back porch, separated from the street with the street wall—but open enough that it can take advantage of lots of light.

Am Waldrand im Landkreis Augsburg haben die Wilhelms ein altes Haus in ein modernes Smart Home verwandelt – mit viel Liebe zum Detail, fleißigen Helfern und viel Eigenleistung Foto: Ulrich Beuttenmüller für Gira

View of the dining area through to the timber screens that frame the staircase

An effortlessly beautiful and modern take on a cottage design, this house has an incredibly homely feel and was built with age and sustainability in mind. Photographed by Stephen Nicholls

A contemporary extension with increased ceiling height, resulting in a luminous, open-plan volume. A strategic and varied window configuration captures natural light from multiple angles as the sun moves throughout the day, enhancing the interior space. These openings establish a visual and physical connection between the interior and the exterior landscape.

Renovated front veranda and courtyard.

Blackburn North Tiny House Blackburn North Tiny House. Alteration and Additions to an existing house, a transition from old to new.

Jack Hobhouse

New dormer window added in heritage conservation area. Not sure the colours strictly complying with colours heritage colour controls. This is the house of one of our preferred builders Zenya Adderly from Henarise who we have been working with for over 13 years. Always a great compliment when w builder choose you to design their house because they have many architects they can go to.

The back of the house needs plenty of protection from the sun. Movable and adjustable shutters provide exactly the right amount of sun protection as well as privacy when needed.

Steep driveway leads up to basement garage with main living areas on the floor above and master bedroom suite on the upper floor. The deck and roof shapes follow the view and fit within the site height constraints.

Fotos Christina Kratzenberg

Weather House is a bespoke home for a young, nature-loving family on a quintessentially compact Northcote block. Our clients Claire and Brent cherished the character of their century-old worker's cottage but required more considered space and flexibility in their home. Claire and Brent are camping enthusiasts, and in response their house is a love letter to the outdoors: a rich, durable environment infused with the grounded ambience of being in nature. From the street, the dark cladding of the sensitive rear extension echoes the existing cottage!s roofline, becoming a subtle shadow of the original house in both form and tone. As you move through the home, the double-height extension invites the climate and native landscaping inside at every turn. The light-bathed lounge, dining room and kitchen are anchored around, and seamlessly connected to, a versatile outdoor living area. A double-sided fireplace embedded into the house’s rear wall brings warmth and ambience to the lounge, and inspires a campfire atmosphere in the back yard. Championing tactility and durability, the material palette features polished concrete floors, blackbutt timber joinery and concrete brick walls. Peach and sage tones are employed as accents throughout the lower level, and amplified upstairs where sage forms the tonal base for the moody main bedroom. An adjacent private deck creates an additional tether to the outdoors, and houses planters and trellises that will decorate the home’s exterior with greenery. From the tactile and textured finishes of the interior to the surrounding Australian native garden that you just want to touch, the house encapsulates the feeling of being part of the outdoors; like Claire and Brent are camping at home. It is a tribute to Mother Nature, Weather House’s muse.

David Straight

'Pebbles' laser cut screening and framing by Entanglements metal art. Decorative balustrade creating privacy from neighbors

Looks like Two but there's Three. These inner-city Apartments are more like Townhouses due to their large spacious, flowing rooms. Two comprise of 3 bedrooms and the other with 2. There is more to these apartments that meet the eye. All have wonderful indoor-outdoor living and encapture all-day sun. With options of double, 1 1/2, and a single garage, these were designed with either family living or Lock n Leave in mind. The owners love the advantages of living in the city, close to the central shopping and recreational areas. Low maintenance with small easy care gardens balances everything out.

A plain galvanized roller door gives access to the single garage. The materials are deliberately understated in appearance, appropriate to the laneway setting. Photographer: Carrie Chilton