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Expansive House Exterior with a Butterfly Roof Ideas and Designs

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The Sea House, Porth, Cornwall
The Sea House, Porth, Cornwall
The Bazeley PartnershipThe Bazeley Partnership
This extensive, five bedroom family home in a stunning cliff-top location overlooking Porth beach, Newquay, has three mono-pitched slate roof elements designed to break up the roofline and reduce the mass, giving the appearance of smaller structures. The house as been designed to respond to its beach side location and maximise panoramic ocean vistas. Internally, a grand spiral staircase sweeps down to the main, sea-facing, reception areas, which open onto a large terrace that blurs the boundaries between indoor and outdoor spaces. Additional living spaces include a games room and garden room. Leisure facilities integrated into the house include a home bar and swimming pool, with dedicated changing and shower amenities.
Grand Custom Home
Grand Custom Home
FLR DevelopmentsFLR Developments
The Calgary Grand is a 12,000 Sq Ft Custom Home located in the highly sought after community of Bearspaw West of Calgary, Alberta. This Luxury Custom Development leaves nothing to be desired. Boasting larger than life scenic windows, a massive swimming pool, indoor rock waterfalls and a saltwater aquarium to name a few of the features.
VILLA CANADA
VILLA CANADA
DISPACE architecture I interior designDISPACE architecture I interior design
211071 Residence
211071 Residence
010110 | Architecture + Urbanism010110 | Architecture + Urbanism
Custom Residence 1
Custom Residence 1
ONESHOP ArchitectureONESHOP Architecture
Expansive hilltop home with views to the exterior from every room. Designed for maximum entertaining space and ease, this home has covered front and back patios the nearly double the living space.
Self Build House – Open Countryside, Paragraph 79 House
Self Build House – Open Countryside, Paragraph 79 House
Thomas StudioThomas Studio
The self build house has access to gardens all around the site. This pond space is a wet land garden and is a balancing pond to absorb the run off from the roof to capture rainfall from the site. The water is used for irrigation and support of bio-diversity on the site.
Marbled Infinity Oasis
Marbled Infinity Oasis
Oasis PoolsOasis Pools
Drone picture of beautiful lakefront property with expansive backyard.
The Foxridge at Tuscarora
The Foxridge at Tuscarora
Mitchell & Best HomesMitchell & Best Homes
Expansive custom home with plenty of space for outdoor recreation.
casa del lago
casa del lago
Cary F. Dunn ArchitectCary F. Dunn Architect
VILLA CANADA
VILLA CANADA
DISPACE architecture I interior designDISPACE architecture I interior design
The Foxridge at Tuscarora
The Foxridge at Tuscarora
Mitchell & Best HomesMitchell & Best Homes
Beautiful french doors leading out to the concrete patio offering easy indoor-outdoor access, perfect for entertaining.
Grand Custom Home
Grand Custom Home
FLR DevelopmentsFLR Developments
The Calgary Grand is a 12,000 Sq Ft Custom Home located in the highly sought after community of Bearspaw West of Calgary, Alberta. This Luxury Custom Development leaves nothing to be desired. Boasting larger than life scenic windows, a massive swimming pool, indoor rock waterfalls and a saltwater aquarium to name a few of the features.
David Street House
David Street House
the bimcrowdthe bimcrowd
Exterior of modern style home with Hebel block and Linea board cladding
211071 Residence
211071 Residence
010110 | Architecture + Urbanism010110 | Architecture + Urbanism
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Residences
Continuum Life Cycle ConsultingContinuum Life Cycle Consulting
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Vacation Rental Design
Vacation Rental Design
Lisa Stewart DesignLisa Stewart Design
This brand new Beach House took 2 and half years to complete. The home owners art collection inspired the interior design.
The Crusader - Rear Exterior
The Crusader - Rear Exterior
Drewett WorksDrewett Works
A full expanse of patios integrates with indoor living spaces via pocketing sliding doors. Views remain unobstructed from every corner of the house yet the siting of the house provides the owners with privacy. A negative edge pool seemingly floats beneath the home's wing. Estancia Club Builder: Peak Ventures Interior Design: Ownby Design Landscape: High Desert Designs Photography: Jeff Zaruba
The Crusader
The Crusader
Drewett WorksDrewett Works
The Crusader's roof forms open up to the Sonoran desert and southward towards local landmark Pinnacle Peak. The angularity of the house allowed freedom to capture views more effectively than an orthogonal piece of architecture. Estancia Club Builder: Peak Ventures Interiors: Ownby Design Landscape: High Desert Designs Photography: Jeff Zaruba
Model Home at Village at Seven Desert Mountain - Front Exterior
Model Home at Village at Seven Desert Mountain - Front Exterior
Drewett WorksDrewett Works
A rich blend of neutral colors and horizontal bands showcase the low-key ambiance of this contemporary residence once the sun goes down. The Village at Seven Desert Mountain—Scottsdale Architecture: Drewett Works Builder: Cullum Homes Interiors: Ownby Design Landscape: Greey | Pickett Photographer: Dino Tonn https://www.drewettworks.com/the-model-home-at-village-at-seven-desert-mountain/
The Crusader - Rear Exterior at Sunset
The Crusader - Rear Exterior at Sunset
Drewett WorksDrewett Works
Scottsdale landmark Pinnacle Peak rises in the background of The Crusader, an angled glass and stone homage to the architect's Marine Corps aviator father. Estancia Club Builder: Peak Ventures Interior Designer: Ownby Design Landscape: High Desert Designs Photography: Jeff Zaruba

Expansive House Exterior with a Butterfly Roof Ideas and Designs

With so much attention devoted to interior design, the exterior of a home can often get overlooked, but as the first thing that welcomes both us and our guests, it is worth devoting some time tending to the outside of your house. Furthermore, focusing on the kerb appeal of your home can add significant value if and when it comes time to sell up. Georgian, Edwardian and Victorian homes, with their bay windows and elegant plasterwork, often benefit from built in architecture advantages, but even if your house design is unassuming from the outside, small decorative and structural improvements to the exterior of your home can equal huge impact. Key areas of building design to focus on are the front door, the driveway or approach to your home, the porch area, the windows, the facade and the roof. And just a note of caution... before any significant exterior architecture gets under way, check first whether you need planning permission for your exterior house designs– this applies particularly to listed houses or buildings in a conservation area, but it’s better to be safe than sorry. Take a look through the house designs, exterior architecture and images of front doors and driveways on Houzz to inspire your facade or building design, or read on for a few more pointers when it comes to redesigning your exterior.

How do I give my home an exterior facelift?

You may feel like your home’s exterior architecture is unalterable but there are a wide range of options available to improve its external building design, no matter what raw materials you begin with. Begin with the front door and the pathway or driveway that lead up to your home as these are easy to improve without huge budgets. A driveway or pathway must be kept neat and tidy and you can consider replacing tarmac with attractive tiles or gravel. Repainting or replacing the fence, wall or gate that fronts your home can also offer an overnight transformation without breaking the bank. An area to not cut corners however is the front door, where spending a little extra can make a huge difference in quality, and painting it in a colour you love will pay you back every time it welcomes you home! Updating your windows can be a significant building design project but it is one that has benefits both inside and out, as well as potentially saving you money on energy later. If you are lucky enough to have period windows such as bay windows with sash or leaded windows, then maintaining them should be a top priority, but if they are beyond repair then there are plenty of window professionals that will offer modern, double or triple glazed equivalents that could still work in your bay window. Working with uPVC? Not a problem – the best improvement you can make is to ensure your windows are the right size and shape for your home's overall proportions.

How do I update my home’s facade?

When it comes to updating the facade of your home, painting is the quickest and most affordable way to achieve a makeover, and if you opt for a colour other than white it can really make a statement (although sticking within the palette of your road and local area is advisable). A makeover that requires a bit more patience but can add romance and character to the most mundane of homes is to adorn the walls with climbing plants – delicate trailing wisteria is ever a British favourite, whilst roses and jasmine offer fragrance as well as beauty. If you’re looking to make more significant changes to the exterior of your home, whether that is adding timber cladding, hanging tiles, installing a bay window or rendering, then you should first check whether your house designs require planning permission. A New England style wood boarded home is beautiful and bright, but remember that it will need frequent repainting if it is going to stay looking its best, whilst stucco render or Tyrolean render can tidy up a home's exterior but think carefully before covering over original brickwork.

What should I consider if building a home from scratch?

If you’re working with an architect on a brand new build, the options are endless when it comes to deciding on the exterior architecture. But first things first, you will need to check planning permissions, building regulations and local restrictions, such as being in a conservation area, to make sure your plans for your exterior house designs will meet stipulations. If you are building in a street with predominantly Victorian facades, with bay windows and side returns, you might need to ensure your house designs fit in with the rest of the homes on the street, but if you’re building in a more remote area you’ll probably have more freedom for your building design. There are many architectural decisions to make, do you want a flat, gabled, hipped, mansard or perhaps even a curved roof? Do you want bay windows? Crittall windows? Perhaps external shutters? Do you want glass walls? Do you want wood cladding? Do you want a very symmetrical building design or something more contemporary? The decision is all yours but remember to consider the benefits of various materials over others and the effects that some architecture styles will have on everyday life, for example glass walls will look attractive but will give you less privacy. Your architect or builder will be able to guide you through the best exterior architecture choices for your house designs.
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