Dominant residential styles for 2012

[jertheber]

'Post Americana' would be my choice. The piles of poorly built homes in the NW are fine examples of the new design efforts wherein the low end architects and designers are getting in their licks to show how individualistic and unique they are. The old comic book renderings showing a cartoonists prediction of a future city's design comes to mind when I hear of any artist/designer howling about the need for 'something different'. Well' now we have "different", right in our faces instead of in a comic book. I hope the new generation of designers feel they have left their mark, right after the art community congratulatory ceremonies we can begin the demolition and build homes and commercial structures that suggest a return to sane design and quality building standards.

[HiFi]

Originally Posted by jertheber

'Post Americana' would be my choice. The piles of poorly built homes in the NW are fine examples of the new design efforts wherein the low end architects and designers are getting in their licks to show how individualistic and unique they are. The old comic book renderings showing a cartoonists prediction of a future city's design comes to mind when I hear of any artist/designer howling about the need for 'something different'. Well' now we have "different", right in our faces instead of in a comic book. I hope the new generation of designers feel they have left their mark, right after the art community congratulatory ceremonies we can begin the demolition and build homes and commercial structures that suggest a return to sane design and quality building standards.

*Stands up and begins a slow clap.*

[PGC Native]

Originally Posted by pantin23

I bell we'll see more new urban row homes (that actually look good)

I recognize those being in Potomac, MD. They look great on the outside, but have zero architectural details on the inside.

[PGC Native]

Originally Posted by blazerj

Where I am, almost all new houses (high/ higher end) tend to look like these:
Recent Portfolio | Custom Home Builders Pa | Home Builders

Those "architectural composition shingles" look so harsh and out of place on that "European inspired" home on that website. People actually think those are a suitable substitute for a shake roof, yuck.

[silibran]

Originally Posted by luv4horses

If you were to put names to the most attractive cutting edge styles of residential architecture being constructed this past decade, what would those names be? Someone on another thread suggested that today's architects and designers should not try to replicate older styles, but create new styles that are appealing, carefully rendered, and use modern materials wisely. I'm guessing that true "revival"styles could be acceptable. How will we be describing today's designs 20, 50 years from now?

For mainstream subdivision or "catalog" house plans, I'd say the dominant theme is the cottage look. I do see a NW variant of this here in the PNW, but overall houses seem to want to emulate cottages, but bigger than a true cottage would have been. Obviously, there are homes being custom built that emulate other styles, or a hideous amalgamation of styles, but for the ordinary home buyer, the look seems to be cottage.
At least in my observation.

[tijlover]

There are so many horrid-looking modern houses built in Las Vegas, I wouldn't even bother to upload pictures of any of them. Thank God I never have to venture out of the inner city to be exposed to all that ugliness, a sure way of making myself get sick and vomit!

Stucco ad nauseum. And, the layer of stucco is so thin you can peel it off with your fingers!

I'm in the inner city, where they were still building houses with cinder block/concrete, and lots of homes with some individuality.

[memph]

In my parents' suburb, the stucco and stone chateaux are starting to lose traction for new custom homes and be replaced by what I guess you could call cottage style homes with wood siding and sometimes wood shingles too.


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