Nine front doors that give homes a unique personality
Looking to up your kerb appeal? Here are nine examples of distinctive front doors from homes around the world that are guaranteed to make a good first impression.
CLT House, UK, by Unknown Works
Banana-yellow render blankets the oversized entrance of CLT House, which is fitted with a pivoting front door and visible from all the way down the street.
It features gently rounded edges and Japanese-style rain chains, which Unknown Works used to "negate any visual clutter caused by downpipes".
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19 Waterloo Street, Australia, by SJB
The facade of the 19 Waterloo Street house in Sydney was designed by local studio SJB to "feel alive with personality".
Among its playful features is a front door with a semi-circular, cast-bronze gate, crafted by artist Mika Utzon-Popov. It is finished with twisting rails and slides seamlessly into a recess within the brick wall.
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Hokuriku Residence No. 3, Japan, by Chidori Studio
A quick fit check is made easy before entering and leaving Hokuriku Residence No. 3, thanks to its front door that doubles as a full-length mirror.
Sheltered by an overhanging roof, the door aligns with the house's deliberate industrial aesthetic and is mounted to a track that allows people to slide it open.
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Brockley House, UK, by Office S&M
Office S&M offered a contemporary version of a traditional British front door and storm porch set up at this candy-coloured London residence.
A wall of glass blocks functions as a sidelight for its mint-green door, which is sheltered by an arched baby-pink roof elevated on slender yellow pillars.
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Lil Shingle, USA, by Best Practice Architecture
A baby-blue front door adds a splash of colour to the exterior of Lil Shingle, a Seattle home named after its wood-clad facade.
The door is punctured by a circular window and sheltered by a horizontal sheet of metal finished in the same colour. A matching planter placed adjacent helps to mark out the entrance area.
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Yamaguchicho House, Japan, by Slow
The windowless facade of Yamaguchicho House is cloaked in blackened wood, which could have made its front door hard to find.
To combat this, architecture studio Slow set it within a weathered-steel box that clearly marks it out to visitors, without disrupting its strikingly minimalist aesthetic.
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Living Lab, Taiwan, by JC Architecture
JC Architecture used a bright red sliding door to mark the entrance to Living Lab, a home built in a 90-year-old dormitory building in Taipei.
The studio said this is designed to deliberately contrast with the older parts of the building.
"There are things that should be preserved, and things that should be changed. Instead of just dwelling on the past, it is our goal to bring history forward into the future," it explained.
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Peckham House, UK, by Surman Weston
At Peckham House in London, a gateway playfully inverts the arched fanlight above its front door, creating a visually engaging entrance sequence.
It was crafted by joiner Tim Gaudin, and is one of several cheerful details designed by Surman Weston to ensure it felt like "a characterful family home – full of life and not thematic or stylised".
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MMS House, Brazil, by Pascali Semerdjian Arquitetos
A pair of green-steel doors set back from the street brightens the otherwise inconspicuous elevation of MMS House in São Paulo.
The main door, which hovers slightly above the pavement, is distinguished by the house number that sits on the top of its frame.
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