Often people choose to remodel their houses based on current and future trends. Therefore, professional architects are expected to expand their expertise also in the related fields of design and art. Experienced specialists always follow the latest trends in the housing design in order to offer their clients modern and stylish home projects starting from green and environmentally friendly designs to highly complex technical solutions.
Changes in the trends of design and architecture have always been present throughout history. 2000 years ago it was all about the pyramids, in the 60s natural materials took the leading role, while in the 80s synthetic “space-age” materials were widely used. Also, the daily lives of people nowadays influence the design of our home, thus creating unique trends in architecture and design.
What characterizes modern home projects nowadays are clear lines, simple proportions, open-plan spaces and natural lighting as well as explicit geometry, flat roofs and large glazed areas. Interesting home projects should be realized in line with the outside area - the territory around the house is complimentary to the design and interior.
Spaciousness and light
Modern houses are often minimalistic in their style, form and materials used, but the extended usage of glass materials in the design of residential buildings has determined the increasingly important role of light and spaciousness. Thanks to the modern heating systems, new home projects incorporate these design elements no matter in which latitude the house is located.
Asymmetric aesthetics
The most contemporary home projects nowadays incorporate asymmetrical lines while at the same time maintaining building’s stability and safety. Unique roof designs and locations of rooms are some of the ways to provide both comfort and extraordinary style.
Mixed materials
Concrete, natural materials and glass all in one place? That’s the reality of contemporary architecture that aims to create cosmic feelings when looking at these buildings from outside. Moreover, with the growing popularity of environmentally friendly lifestyle, these kinds of home projects become also practical. Roof gardens can be considered as a good example of that as they connect the house with nature while improving conditioning and heating systems.
Experienced architects are able to combine the latest trends and create a modern and practical house for client’s personal wishes and needs. Some of the contemporary housing projects carried out by G. Viksna architects office (http://gvbirojs.lv/en/home-projects) are outstanding examples of knowledge in tendencies combined with years of expertise.
Home projects - adapting the environment to our needs
As the technologies and architecture were invented, the human learned how to gain control over nature and adapt it to his own needs, not vice versa. It can be put this way: our cities are polluted and full of traffic jams not because that is the way they should look like, that is simply the way they have been created. And that is the task of architects - to create the necessary changes so that the cities would look the way we dream of.
When it comes to personal home projects, I believe that there might be 2 different roads you might be taking. One is reflected in the famous quote which states "Less is more" - that is the central thought of the minimalism. This quote comes from the middle of the 20th century. Its author is Ludwig Mies van der Rohe who was one of the founders of modern architecture. This approach meant that home projects refused unnecessary ornaments or needless forms. However, this movement degraded over time as the fantasy was taken away. The result was the birth of endless identical and anonymous repetition of boxes, which dominate in the modern scenery.
The second route which is cardinally opposite is hidden in the following quote - "Less is a bore". This quote was born as an opposition to the minimalism. They wanted to bring back the symbolism and signs. They offered complexity instead of monotony. However, it also dug its grave as it created an architecture that was not more interesting than its modern forefathers.
Today those ideas have been incorporated in the contemporary home projects. Now we can see the combination of both as designers and architects always try to add a personal touch to each project. Even though there are guidelines that today's architecture is following and aspects that are especially appraised among the clients, there are still flights of fantasies that allow adapting each home project to the unique landscape. That means different geometrical forms and original solutions.