The image shows two modern urban houses with contrasting facades, demonstrating an excellent example of architectural renewal in a traditional residential neighborhood. The house on the left is finished in white with black accents, creating a clean, graphic appearance. Its facade features a wide porch with white railings that serves as a connecting element between interior and exterior spaces. The tall gabled front with two windows gives the house a vertical rhythm, while the black roofing creates a striking frame for the white facade.
The house on the right presents an interesting inversion of the color scheme: a dark blue upper gable contrasts with the white main section of the facade. The entrance area is decorated with a small portico with neat white railings. Vertical windows enhance the visual slenderness of the structure. Wooden elements in the finishing of the lower level bring warmth and textural variety to the overall composition.
Both houses demonstrate a skillful combination of traditional architectural forms (pitched roofs, gables) with contemporary details (minimalist railings, clean window frames, contrasting finishes). The concrete retaining walls of the front yard create a microlandscape that structures the space in front of the houses, while the young plantings should eventually soften the geometry of the architectural forms.
In your own home, you can use similar techniques: contrasting combinations of dark and light surfaces to highlight architectural elements; use of traditional forms in modern interpretation; creation of transitional zones between street and home through porches and terraces; vertical accents to increase the visual height of the building; combining different materials (wood, stucco, metal) for textural variety on the facade.