10 Minimalist Small House Trends You Must See

The trend of minimalist small houses has emerged as a panacea amidst soaring urban property prices. We know: land is getting narrower, installment amounts are getting “muscular”, and the journey from the suburbs to the city takes hours. 

Gen Z and millennials—generations who are pursuing careers while building families—finally have to choose: embrace the dream of a big house (but with a thin wallet) or adapt to the concept of a more pocket-friendly tiny house. 

We in the field see a clear pattern: units less than 90 m² are selling faster, even recording the highest price increases in many cities. 

This means that the tiny house solution is not just a trend—it has become a mainstream choice. Minimalist small houses offer low maintenance, a lower carbon footprint, and a modern, “Instagram-worthy” aesthetic.

Tiny prefabricated house that moves with its owners

This tiny prefabricated dwelling by Estonian design collective Kodasema is designed to allow its residents to up sticks and move to a new location in less than a day (+ slideshow).

DESIGNING A CONTEMPORARY GARDEN WITH WARMTH

Designer Colin Miller of Envision Landscape Studio in Walnut Creek, California, shares tips on designing a contemporary landscape that is suited to the welcoming indoor-outdoor lifestyle modern gardeners are trying to create.

Taken to its extreme, the sleek materials and minimalist approach of modern landscaping can sometimes seem cold or uninviting. Yet modern design’s emphasis on crafting an organized space and respecting unadorned materials has the potential to create a setting which feels not only friendly and inviting, but also personalized and artful. Designer Colin Miller of Envision Landscape Studio in Walnut Creek, California, shares his tips on designing a contemporary landscape that is less space-age and more suited to the welcoming indoor-outdoor lifestyle modern gardeners are trying to create.

10 Midcentury Modern Landscaping Ideas for Your Home

 Postwar midcentury modern homes were designed to blend indoor and outdoor living. Homeowners could view their gardens through floor-to-ceiling windows and easily interact with the outdoor environments through sliding glass doors and patios level with interior floors. Landscaping for these homes was—and remains—clean and uncomplicated, with an emphasis on hardscape and the pleasures of outdoor living. Check out these midcentury modern inspired landscaping ideas that can work in a variety of modern settings.

Miliki Landscape Taman Terbaik dengan Inspirasi Berikut Ini

 Halaman rumah baik bagian depan atau belakang merupakan area penting yang membutuhkan perawatan rutin. Membersihkan halaman misalnya, jadi rutinitas mingguan yang wajib dilakukan agar hunian terlihat lebih cantik dan hidup.

Tak hanya bersih-bersih, terkadang kita juga perlu memberikan usaha ekstra supaya pekarangan rumah jadi terlihat lebih menarik, salah satunya adalah dengan membuat taman.

Banyak hal yang perlu diperhatikan ketika menciptakan taman. Landscape yang indah adalah salah satunya.

Jika Anda tertarik membuat taman di rumah berikut ini terdapat beberapa inspirasi landscape taman yang bisa ditiru.

MODERN-ROFTOP-GARDEN-LANDSCAPING-DESIGN IDEAS

Modern-Rooftop-Garden-Design

Rooftop-Garden-Design

Build a-rooftop garden-is not easy, especially make it a-beautiful-place that provides comfortable. Long ago, garden design has become a necessity for most people, but in its development this land is constrained by an increasingly narrow issues. This stimulates emergence of creative ideas to create a landscaping design can be applied in a variety conditions of land, including by changing roof function as a garden. The manufacturing process it is more difficult than ordinary garden, but the result is bound to make you admire, such as landscaping ideas below.

Indoor Landscape Design

Indoor Landscape Design combines the elements of creativity (color, texture, imagination), and science (soil type, slope calculations, specifications). Both are necessary to create a fusion of functional space. Indoor Landscape Design is also working to blend the hard lines of human (houses and buildings) into the natural environment.

Design Process:from vague idea to concept

Landscape Design, What I do to earn a living ..., originally uploaded by MontanaRaven.

This is one way I work up a concept for a client's landscape design -- I try to give them something that -- no matter what their abilities to visualize -- they can hopefully imagine themselves living and relaxing in this landscape.

Landscape design - Maidstone design competition

Creating a Connected Urban Core

The overall goals of the High St. corridor in Maidstone, Kent originate from an assessment of the features that exist within and around the site.

Goals

1. Connections will be made that help create a successful system as a whole
2. Creating distinct urban plazas that will suit the needs of the users as well as unite the existing fragmented streetscape
3. Transforming High St. into a major artery within Maidstone

Concept

The Pulse of Maidstone is a two part systematic concept comprised of a strong formal axis and a corridor broken up by angled elements to help mimic the form of the historic River Medway which serves as a destination to the confluent systems.    A sequence of experiences is created throughout both elements that help guide the user throughout High St. while also leading one to the embraced River Medway. The use of native river grasses, water, form, and lighting help reinforce the importance of the local river while also incorporating the vibrance necessary to form a lively urban streetscape.  Urban art, paving patterns, seating nodes, and innovative stormwater management techniques also serve as guides that demonstrate the progression of High St. from its original state to a connected urban core flourishing with growth and success.

 

Solar-Powered Garden Canopy Proposed For New York’s BQE Read more: Solar-Powered Garden Canopy Proposed For New York's BQE | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

This past year the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYC EDC) hired New York landscape architects Starr Whitehouse to come up with a three concepts to improve the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, which currently carves a trench through a community. They recently unveiled their solutions, which help green the neighborhood, provide improved pedestrian and bicycle access and reconnect the divided neighborhoods. Community members were also involved in the design process and let the designers know they would also like to reduce noise from the road, mitigate pollution, and create a connection between the separated Carroll Gardens/Cobble Hill and Columbia Street Waterfront neighborhoods. Read on for a look at each proposal!