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Architectural trends

  • 11-08-2018 1:57pm
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    Gentleman Off The Pitch
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    Maybe this is a dumb question, if so, I'm sure I'll be told soon enough!

    How do trends in residential architecture come about? I ask since, as far as I can tell as layman, since the downturn, a lot of new builds (one off housing in particular) are designed in a contemporary vernacular style, which I assume is in response to more stringent planning regulations etc. but details such as (I don't have the correct terminology unfortunately) corner windows, box-like dormer windows, flat roofs, exterior timber cladding etc., how does it happen that so many architects are designing houses with these features?
    Is it simply a case that someone comes up with a design and due to popularity it spreads as more people see it?


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    sydthebeat
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    The biggest impact to the style of Irish rural architecture in the recent years has been the publication of the "Cork rural design guide"

    This led to a significant sea change in the way planners assess rural architectural. Now they had a prescribed document which was accessible and easy to refer to. It called out the bad design of the 'bungalow bliss' era and explained how the trend to bigger houses led to very poor design.

    Planners aren't architects and, in my opinion, maybe weren't very confident to call out bad design in rural applications. Now they had a document where they could point to specific design issues ie fussy unresolved fenestration, overly massive form etc. The document pointed out forms which were alien and unwanted in rural Ireland, and extolled simpler forms which were acceptable.

    The document was so successful that many other local authorities based their own design guides on it.

    So if I was to boil it down to one singular influence on the current contemporary rural architectural style to would be that document.


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