re: Your ideal home (architecture)

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As an architect, I am always curious as to what people refer in regards to the aesthetic style of their home. Many clients have come to me and expressed their dislike for the current house in and around the ATX area and that they wanted to work with me to design their ideal home.

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Can you please move to Houston and build a neighborhood that isn't ugly god awful texas style brick and stone bullshite. I could get you at least 10 people to buy a house.

This thread is pretty interesting. Weird for me as I grew up in, and still continue to live in, row houses.

Visually I enjoy modern structures built into the surrounding landscape. Clean lines.

What style is this?

I like any style as long as the house itself is old. New construction creeps me the f*ck out.

I dislike historicism in architecture such as what you posted or any of the other myriad concoctions of nuevo turreted tudor Mediterranean colonial prarie crap that is the calling card of the aesthetically uneducated suburban masses. I can fall into that crap trap as well. I used to like Mid Century Modern because I didn't see much of it and when I did, it was a break from the monotony of what I described. Now I see the MCM crap everywhere and realize it is just another historical upchuck from the design community. So if I were building a new house, I would want something beyond the lick & stick historical design. It would have to be something more in tune with the world today. It would be modern but not in the genre of "modern". Though that would be the stylistic starting point. Specifically, Gerrit Rietveld would be a touchstone; especially the flexible, sliding interior walls and simple, clean lines. So what I'm saying is I don't know exactly what I would want. But isn't that why you hire an architect?

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bricked outdoor kitchens

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I hate these and I predict they will be out of fashion in the next 10-15 years.

They just scream "something that rarely/never gets used that take up a lot of space"

I've seen a ton of them that look great when the are first built, but they will assuredly look like shite within a few years due to being exposed to the elements 24 hours a day. Within a short amount of time, you'll never use it because meal prep takes that much extra time because you have to clean and wipe down all the shite that will inevitably coat every surface.

This is all I needed as a child. Now I lean towards acadian style homes.






See the resemblance?

I regret I have but one upvote to give you.

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Personally, I find that style to be so boring.

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I understand some people like ornamentation. My problem is when architects just fall back on historic details. Why not come up with a new vocabulary of ornamentation? I know in reality you have to churn out houses like you posted to make money. But if you were handed a commission with an unlimited budget and told to do what you want, what you do?