15 Modern Garage Doors That Demand a Second Look

A well-appointed garage door with a unique color or materials, or an interesting mechanical movement, can easily punch up a home’s exterior facade.

15 Modern Garage Doors That Demand a Second Look

A well-appointed garage door with a unique color or materials, or an interesting mechanical movement, can easily punch up a home’s exterior facade.

A cedar clad garage door.

Even at their most convenient, garages aren't typically thought of as a design feature to celebrate and highlight. But, like any design challenge, it's all about how you approach it: Give a garage and its oversized doors enough attention and you'll realize that it's possible to make garage doors effective and aesthetically pleasing. Whether they're made of wood, metal, or glass, and designed with an industrial, minimalist, or modern vibe, we've gathered some unique, eye-catching garage doors that are sure to transform your ideas about the possibilities of this overlooked feature.

A Striking, Slatted Fold-Up Garage Door

At street level, the wooden garage door opens its toothed maw.
At a home designed by Escher GuneWardena Architecture in Los Angeles, California, the two-door garage has minimally-detailed doors in a darker color that slide horizontally, instead of rolling up or hinging inward.

At a home designed by Escher GuneWardena Architecture in Los Angeles, California, the two-door garage has minimally-detailed doors in a darker color that slide horizontally, instead of rolling up or hinging inward.

Photo: Noah Webb

A new garage is topped with a master suite and clad in James Hardie Scyon Linea boards painted a dark color, Dulux Monument.

At an Australian home with a new addition, the new garage is topped with a master suite and clad in James Hardie Scyon Linea boards painted a dark color, Dulux Monument. The garage door's horizontal joints and dark colors help it blend in with the dark cladding of the new addition, allowing it to blend in.

DAH Architecture

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