So I’m getting into the archviz business. I live in Australia, most modern homes here these days are dark in colour and generally have random layouts of plaster, brick and timber with oddly placed materials… the homes you see here are not too far from where i live, they’re no more than 3 years old and are considered in a middle class neighbourhood with average prices being 650k.
God awful.
But now a newer design philosophy is in town that’s seen more noticeably in upper class modern homes. White rectangular buildings with front facades with large C shapes or L shapes and then call it a day. To me its somewhat refreshing… but now it seems the designers are all following this formula to a T. Of course many designs look great regardless, but the more I see the more I realise the sameness of them all.
Why do home have such a lack of varience? Is it a shared fashion trend in the designer community? Or are there market pressures that result in such safe design? I can’t help but feel particularly modern homes are even more repetitive than homes after 15 years ago. Is that a justified position as well?
