Small House Exterior with Three Floors Ideas and Designs

Louise Verdier

Annika Feuss

Sandra Calès

This contemporary home features Australian Spotted Gum timber cladding as well as reconstituted concrete in the rammed earth style. It works beautifully with the white texture coat walls and the matt black window frames and fascia. D-Max Photography

This new terrace sits proudly between its older neighbours helping to transform Kingsford into a cosmopolitan suburb.

Mandy Francis

Photo: Richard Gooding Photography Architecture & Interior renovation: fiftypointeight Architecture + Interiors

La VILLA 01 se situe sur un site très atypique de 5m de large et de 100m de long. La maison se développe sur deux étages autour d'un patio central permettant d'apporter la lumière naturelle au cœur de l'habitat. Dessinée en séquences, l'ensemble des espaces servants (gaines réseaux, escaliers, WC, buanderies...) se concentre le long du mitoyen afin de libérer la perspective d'un bout à l'autre de la maison.

Justin Paget

This project was developed in strong collaboration with the homes’ stylish owner, Sally Small, who engaged us to design a split-level home extension that could push the limits in terms of permissible built form controls and capitalise on every inch of available floor space. The alterations and additions have been designed to be both sympathetic to the owners’ strong interior aesthetic and the compact nature of the site, which was constrained by a 7.5 metre street frontage. Builder: Reliant Constructions. Interiors & Joinery Design: Sally Small, home owner.

Richard Gooding Photography This townhouse sits within Chichester's city walls and conservation area. Its is a semi detached 5 storey home, previously converted from office space back to a home with a poor quality extension. We designed a new extension with zinc cladding which reduces the existing footprint but created a more useable and beautiful living / dining space. Using the full width of the property establishes a true relationship with the outdoor space. A top to toe refurbishment rediscovers this home's identity; the original cornicing has been restored and wood bannister French polished. A structural glass roof in the kitchen allows natural light to flood the basement and skylights introduces more natural light to the loft space.

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.

Of the two sides of joinery we supplied, one of them included elegant French doors that opened out to the existing patio area. Welcoming all to the grand multi-levelled garden. The third wall was built using bricks to match those from the existing building. Cleverly concealing a short alley that led to a Garden store, whilst also providing the opportunity for a gallery wall internally. Adjacent to the orangery, we removed the existing bay area and introduced a small extension to match the timeless style of the orangery and provide a more usable and well-balanced dining room.

House NA in Tokyo, designed by Sou Fujimoto. Photo copyright Iwan Baan, courtesy of Taschen. From the book "Architecture Now! Houses 3" by Philip Jodidio, published by Taschen (2013).