Are you required to use both brick and stone? I think most architects/designers recommend staying away from the brick/stone combo.

No we are not required but a majority of the homes in our area (Chicago Suburbs) use both brick and stone.

Please post ALL four exterior elevations that shows where the brick will be place and where the stone will be placed?

Front

Back and sides

I would skip the stone if it is not required. What the neighbor's houses have on them is pretty irrelevant as long as the house is a good general fit.

Having lived in the Chicago area and watched dozens of similar homes being built near our house at that time, please don't do it. Just because lots of houses in the neighborhood have that combo, doesn't mean it's good as shown in the elevation. I always called them the "fruit stripe gum" houses: brick, stone, brick, stone, ugh...

Think about just doing stone all around the bottom instead if you really want the combination.

I'm not a pro, but I'm combining stone and brick on my build and I think it's a great look when done right. I'm not familiar with your home's architectural style, but I'd lose the siding, cover the house in stone and use a slurried, sand-molded brick (or perhaps a slurried, reclaimed Chicago brick) for window sills (or cover the house in brick and use brick (or stone) window sills. In my opinion, you've too many finishes (stone, brick, and siding) on what appears to be an architecturally complex elevation...and I think it diminishes the home's presence. In this case, simpler is better.

I suggested a slurried brick for the sills to mute the sill brick's color so that it better blends with the surrounding stone material (even though my example happens to be an adobe brick veneer, but it's similar to the stone you've selected):

Pick either all brick or all stone. Not both. My personal choice would be all brick.

Another vote for all brick. The house looks too busy with the brick, stone and siding.

I appreciate all the feedback but we like the brick and stone. My question was about the brick and stone choices and how the colors look together.

The colors and textures of brick and stone rarely work well together, which is why you are getting suggestions to simplify to one element. Your choices do not meet the exception to the rule. Your house will look less of a busy striped jumper by simply choosing 1 element for each main home feature. The siding or brick for the main home body, and the brick for secondary bumpouts, and stone, only at the water table. But different stone, or a different brick. Those do not mesh well together.

If you are asking then how that particular red brick, cream stone and brown shingle go together, in my opinion, they don't go together very well, and I would look at other combinations.

I don't think this combo works particularly well together. Too stark a difference between the two.

This is about what it will look like, grabbing colors directly from you samples. The rendering is a bit rough and assuming taupe on the fascia trim.

^^^You wouldn't go out dressed like that, would you? So why would you want it on your house? That will look like a hot mess. Hence the suggestion for all brick or all stone.

I think your stone choice contrasts too much with that red brick. To my eyes brick and stone look better together like in the house below where the difference in materials isn’t so obvious.

If you are set on stone what about something more like this, with stone on the left wing and and some rusticated stone around the front entry?

Agree if you are going with brick and stone, it takes similar not contrasting colors to pull it off.

Palimpsest- thank you! The visual is very helpful! I like your second example. I would probably make the entire entryway stone but like how you broke it up.

Palimpsest's version isn't much better because now the lightest area which is the stone is on the garage. The lightest color will draw your eye to that area, Why would anyone want the garage to be the first thing they see and the most important?

I would still pick brick and stone that were closer in tone and color than the current red and off-white.

What are your other choices? What about doing only 1 material? It would sure look better!