Modern Home Design

by: Bobbie Schaaf

With a nearly limitless world of architectural design possibilities at the fingertips, the prospective home builder has several considerations to make before choosing which home style will best reflect personal aesthetic and serve an individual lifestyle.

While traditional architecture may best suit some, many people will find that modern house designs provide an elegant and easy backdrop to the individual's interior creations with the simple marriage of form and function.

Characterised by a sleek simplicity and clean lines, modern house plans generally have wide, open spaces that maximise views of the surrounding environments, optimise sunlight and create a blank slate for art work. Often with free-flowing, flexible floor plans, modern homes offer a versatility in living spaces unparalleled in traditional architecture.

Perfectly suited to properties in locations of great natural beauty or stunning cityscapes, modern house plans offer amazing vistas through the incorporation of glass walls, large windows and well-planned positioning.

Modern house designs range from minimalistic, organically focused structures to the most dramatic and powerful of statements. Yet, even traditional homes can incorporate elements of modern house designs into their overall concept. For instance, many home owners choose to use modern design in kitchens and bathrooms, areas of the home where the clean feeling of modern home design is particularly appreciated.

Of course, with its large range of possibilities, modern house plans are a great choice for home builders who are working within a limited budget. Often, these plans look to industrial materials such as metal, concrete and glass; these materials can be acquired at a lower cost than traditional building materials such as wood, stone and brick.

Despite the sterile connotation often prescribed to modern architecture, the style is, at its heart, a style focused on the individual. Modern design allows items of beauty to be showcased against the ultimately neutral backdrop; it is the perfect architectural style to highlight natural stone, woodwork or pieces of art.

Almost limitless in potential, modern home design allows the home builder to truly customise space and harmonise with the environment in a way that traditional architecture can never parallel.