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My dream home would be a modern craftsman-style one. Large, open floorplan with modern appliances but with the charm, detail and character of the original style.
Close second to that would be a modern pueblo-style home (think Santa Fe style). I love the beams, saltillo tile floors, and kiva fireplaces that make these homes so warm and inviting and cozy. Kinda like this one.
I love that house! Santa Fe style is amazing. This one has a bit more ornamentation which is better IMO, if I am going with a pueblo home I want to go all out. 6405 Calle Candela NW, Los Ranchos, NM 87107 - Zillow
Craftsmans are also amazing, but I need the walls opened up a bit (not completely though!). I prefer them to be bungalows. California bungalows and swiss chalet bungalows are great as well. These are probably my favorite of all the styles.
Log cabins, especially if they have modern details and finishes. I do still love the traditional ones however. I also adore A-frames, but those definitely must be more modern. I find the older style ones to be way too dark and confining. The Swiss Miss homes in Palm Springs are a great modern take on an A-frame.
A few that I like but are not my favorite: Dutch Colonial (the only good looking Colonial, IMO), Saltbox, Foursquare (some I find plain and ugly but others are nice), Midcentury Modern, Shingle Style, and Tidewaters.
Ones that I generally dislike: Colonials, Cape Cod, Art Deco, Queen Anne, Neoeclectic (I think this is what most McMansions usually are, ew), Raised Ranch, Split Level, Victorian, Mansard, Stick Style, and Gothic Revival. I like good craftsmanship and detailing on homes but dislike overly adorned facades or, alternatively, very plain facades.
If you think about it, a house is just a big coffin that gets you accustomed to the small one you'll end up stuck in. That said, I guess I like LeCorbusier's work quite a lot. He built a home in Prague that is really cool and was just refurbished and opened as a museum.
If you think about it, a house is just a big coffin that gets you accustomed to the small one you'll end up stuck in. That said, I guess I like LeCorbusier's work quite a lot. He built a home in Prague that is really cool and was just refurbished and opened as a museum.
I've thought about it and have yet to see a way in which a house is just a big coffin that gets you accustomed to the small one you'll end up stuck in.
A rather notable local architect who was an avowed modernist was approached by a couple who wanted to build a new home. They requested a "Southern Plantation" style.
His response?
"Why? Do you own slaves?"
His point is well taken in my opinion. I do not want to live in a Victorian house for the same reasons I don't wear a hoop skirt, girdle and petticoat.
A rather notable local architect who was an avowed modernist was approached by a couple who wanted to build a new home. They requested a "Southern Plantation" style.
His response?
"Why? Do you own slaves?"
His point is well taken in my opinion. I do not want to live in a Victorian house for the same reasons I don't wear a hoop skirt, girdle and petticoat.
A rather notable local architect who was an avowed modernist was approached by a couple who wanted to build a new home. They requested a "Southern Plantation" style.
His response?
"Why? Do you own slaves?"
His point is well taken in my opinion. I do not want to live in a Victorian house for the same reasons I don't wear a hoop skirt, girdle and petticoat.
I think his point was that it's silly to build a new house in an antiquated style, not about living in an old house.
I think his point was that it's silly to build a new house in an antiquated style, not about living in an old house.
Exactly. Old houses can be very nice and I have no problems with that. But if someone builds a new house and tries to make it look like it was built 100 years ago, well, that is just dumb.
^^ Maybe the clients has a little something called taste, and timelessness. A Victorian house or a plantation house tends to be considered "timeless", as it puts to use the use of things like the golden ratio and (contrary to what modernist whack-jobs say) ornament. Most modernist structures usually tend to stay popular for a few short years after they are built (as people will think they look off-beat and cool), but over time people see them for what they really are ugly. Look at most modern structures from eras like the 60s and 70s. People find them hideous now. The stuff is devoid of the soul and disregards the fact that form itself is a function. I am glad now that urban planning and architecture is turning in the right direction with new urban-ism, and am glad that architects are getting past the point of deciding that something should not be built because structures containing many similarities were built before it.
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