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Downtown San Jose: Axis, 360 Residences, 188 W. St. James and One South Market towers. Very attractive and unique
Really? There are literally dozens of buildings like that going up in Chicago alone. I think those are examples of overused styles around the country right now, they're everywhere and fairly bland.
For single family home architecture, LA has always been a leader since the early 20th century. There is a huge diversity of styles, and LA has been a trendsetter for decades. There are a lot of houses in LA built in the late 40's- late 50's that are in the style of homes most of the rest of the country wasn't building until the late sixties to mid-70's. With internet and home improvement TV shows, trends spread to the rest of the country much more quickly, but with the wealth in LA tearing down older homes and designing/building new homes in established neighborhoods, there is still a lot of trendsetting going on. Only now it spreads to the rest of the country in a year or two instead of a decade or two. I'm not claiming that all of the LA architecture trends are good, but some are and LA is a leader in this area.
Oklahoma City has several areas of modern residential architecture.
Wow, would not have guessed that of OKC.
Not to be critical, as I certainly like the style more than some of the alternatives, but I think the straight - line, super modern, boxy stuff is more "in your face" about it because of the lack of landscape diversity. The amount of just pure grass flatness.
But that's true to me of every community/neighborhood where this happens.
Chicago’s greystones are probably some of the most interesting. It’s unfortunate what’s happening in a lot of higher-income areas where hundreds of historic homes have been replaced by McMansion-esqe development. But at the same time, though the issues with housing units and the demolitions have been very apparent, with the new homes replacing many two or three flats, a lot of the old housing demoed were simple wooden framed homes.
For residential, I personally like the rowhouse-style of cities like NYC, Brooklyn and Queens in particular, DC, Philly, Chicago, Boston, parts of Providence, etc. The modern style with a ton of squares and sharp angles can be found essentially anywhere.
However, I will point out residential architecture of places like Florida, New Mexico, and Seattle as being pretty interesing.
I spent a few days at the Earthship community just west of Taos, NM. There are 80 off-the-grid homes there with more being built. I would have to say that those are the most interesting homes I have seen in a single community. The homes mean business - using solar or wind generated electricity and water is used four times before discarded into a septic system - but there is a touch of whimsy as well. Even in a desert environment they are very comfortable and efficient.
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