Skip the stone, unless it's a very small pattern. There is no substantial space to give stone a chance to make a weighted presence. Maybe use stone in the landscaping.

Add my NO vote, stone has absolutely no place on this architecture.
As Mark Bischak says, it's a structural element and should only ever be used as such.
In my book using it as cladding falls under the same heresy as do false shutters.

Really like the style home you are building!

I would vote for stone tiles on the entrance (floor) & landscaping with stones but no stones on the house. Gorgeous house....wishing you many happy years in your dream home.

You have gorgeous windows! The only area I could see stone is around the front porch entrance on the pillars and overhang, but in a minimalist way. Can you do a virtual imaging of your house and add the stone to see how it looks before you commit to it?

Hi,
Given the style of your home I would proceed with caution regarding use of multiple cladding materials. To enable you to make an informed choice, have your designer or architect draw up a couple of alternatives.

What a nice house you are going to have ! I had stone on a modern home and like many other have said don't over do it maybe just the part with the 2 large windows and the pillars. Have you looked at other materials instead of stone? There is a great house on my street that has beautiful copper panels and some cedar on the exterior it is very sharp!

Modern architecture is strongly rooted in minimalism, and form following function. The use of any stone on this home wouldn't follow that maxim. Resist the urge to "decorate" the clean lined beauty of the home shape. It doesn't need the visual noise.

Whatever you do, do it minimally. Too much stone looks like a castle! Nice house.

Just did a reno myself. Used stone for driveway and front entrance to doorway only. Kept it modern looking with grey hardie board panels, black windows, black soffits. We get lots of complements on use of materials. Anyway, my suggestion is to use the stone in landscaping and drive rather than on the home.

You could pour a deep footing for any stone face you would want to place for definition.

agree with the comments about being light with the stone. One option would be just the very bottom, front he intersection of the window panes and the front columns to draw attention to the entry way. One step beyond that would be the portico above the entry and what I think is a balcony area above the garage. See some quick Photoshopped thoughts below.

nice very nice you have photo interior

Only on the bottom floor1, 1/3 of it. That includes the columns. Then take note of the colors in your stone and incorporate those into your trim, door. JMHO, but I would have had the contractor frame out the windows on the front of the house and painted with colors you pick out of your trim. It makes the house more eye pleasing.

No stone also for me...

you are trying to be modern? I'd keep it simple. Stone would be nice if flat like concrete. only the centre of the house with the two large centre windows should be stoned. The left and right should be symmetrical and read the same. too much stone will off balance and butcher the house. Less is more they say.

I would only use a little bit of stone. just as accent .

If you really feel the urge to use the stone, then perhaps just frame the garage around the entrance and maybe wrap it around to the side. what color are you painting the house?

I just seen that amazing grey Is what you are doing..are you sure about that? That is a a really nice contemporary interior color, I am not sure for exterior. You might want to rethink that!

I woul lay the stone in a 'S' shape from the door to the side walk. Then paint it with glow in the dark paint.

I think grey and red slate stone would and a real pizzaz

I'm a huge lover of using stone, but I don't see it as a great material for this house. Use it in the landscape as others have suggested.

The OP never came back to the thread. Good advice here though!

See if you can photoshop with stone. Also I would ask a decorator. A couple hundred dollar opinion would be worth it. I think it would like nice up the middle where suggested but I am visual. You need a pro to give advice in that it is too expensive to change and yet you don't want to regret the decision. Look on houzz. Definitely don't do up a few feet up from ground level as photoshopped above.

Stucco color is Sherwin Williams amazing gray.
If it was me I would go with Sherwin Williams Smokey Topaz

Black windows no trim.
Black soffits.
Dark gray. stone as a focal point around the entry door, all around the left window to the soffit.
Then do only stone columns up each side of the garage door up to and under the cantilevered portion for balance.
I would not take the stone over the top of the garage door, I think it would make it LQQk to heavy.
I would add a color element to the entry door. to draw your attention.
The garage door I am not quite sure; maybe a darker gray then the stone...
The dark gray stone I would apply in more of a dry stack look (less mortar) cleaner lines.

There isn't any ROOM for stone on the walls!

Hip wader stone is always just plain awful no matter what. Unless the home was built with the intention of using stone cladding, which has to be taken into account in the physical dimensions and detailing on the building plans, placing stone on it now will compromise the drainage plane and flashing details. It simply doesn't belong stylistically or functionally. Too bad the OP probably will never acknowledge the advice received here because they didn't hear what they wanted to hear. You want self affirmation, go to a therapist, not design professionals.

Nasty talk Sophie. You can make nicer statements without being so critical.

Oh dear, looks like Sophie's having another bad day.

Sure is!

I would say the pillars by the entry way, that it. Not more than that, since it's a very modern design, which calls for clean lines..so I would definitely only add it as an accent, but not overdo it :)

Sophie doesn't sugar coat it. (Shrug) So what! In all likelihood she is right on all accounts. I view her perspective as calling out the OP for never bothering to come back to their own post.

Who is OP? I agree rude they don't come back. I did not know that is what Sophie meant. I thought she was criticizing all those offering suggestions. Yes they are very rude if they ask and then blow us off.

OP = original poster

Thanks. Weird why they ask and then waste our time when we are being kind!

Of course, it's also possible that the OP could have connection or other RL issues, but it's far more satisfying to speculate and assume that he/she is rude, with probably a NPD right ?
Besides, no one is forcing anyone to give their advice ...

Stone being dark - pillars on porch to stone walk and stone incorporated into the drive (edge [flat] trim or sections across if drive is long). Otherwise skip the stone on house and use as accent -walk, drive or curved wall. Would enjoy seeing curves somewhere.

just put grey natural stone and then you can add red paint on your door and also for the facade the grey stones go perfectly with mixed natural wood, white or beige color for the exterior walls

Although I feel as many on here do this house does not necessarily need stone. The visual impact with the materials all ready chosen will look great but if you really want stone that is your prerogative and so I would suggest putting it around the garage and the upper portion above the garage.In my opinion that would look best.Very nice house.

Obviously the poster does not care about your opinion or my opinion. Why are we wasting our time? If he/she has another post it would be nice to tell us. First magada you criticize then defend. To read an entire post is not always time suitable so people post. I don't look for dates of posting. Someone is rude or not. We all have reasons why we do what we do and we forgive but this is rude.

We have two homes at which we have used stone; one in the city and another at the beach. We have natural stone from the surrounding area. What is important when working with anything is how it looks to you. Since I do the stone transportation I pick the stone then work with the look on arrival. At first, NO NOT set your first idea in stone . Set it down, move it around then feel its appeal. Wait a day or two but continue to look and feel the appeal. Eventually, you will begin moving things more and getting better vibes. You have to live with the end result.

@bevballew, that's twice you've totally misunderstood what people are saying so i really don't think it's worth the effort of a re-explanation.
This is a total non-issue anyhow.

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Magada... You and your silly abbreviations (if you know what that means). I bet you go around from discussion to discussion starting problems.

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I don't like stone at just the bottom in termite areas. There is a high chance you will have rot and termite issues.

Forget the stone! Use interesting color combinations and subtle modern textured stucco. Applied stone can make a home look 'tractsey' But if you insist, use square stone shapes that read as a tone on the wall. Hidden joints. Focus on the interaction of colors, shapes, scale, and dimensions in space. What is the psychological role the stone will play in the orchestration in the whole? Don't use river rock, nor Ashlar, nor running stone bond.

Steel veneer might do the trick

If at all, small stone around the posts framing the entry w/stone path entry

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