Contemporary style

A week or so ago we had a discussion on contemporary architectural style as opposed to traditional house design. While I was during my youth an enthusiastic supporter of radically modern dwellings, I have since changed my tune, mellowed out and found that classic design never seem to go out of style and just exists because it has – over the years - adopted some well-established features grounded in very good, functional reasons. It took generations a lot of bad errors and venturing off-track to learn what worked best and this information is priceless. Contemporary designs, on the other hand, often stand as an open invitation for all kinds of experimentation and can be ridden with a vast variety of mistakes. Their appeal probably lies in their striking visual difference, but more often than not, this come with a huge cost that dwellers have to live with while they own the home and suffer from when they sell it, something that’s never easy as the market for radical design always remains a very finite one.