How Architecturally Designed Homes Enhance Lifestyle and Property Value
- Sustainability and Smart Technology – Eco-friendly features like solar panels and smart devices enhance sustainability and property value.
- Better Space Utilisation and Functionality – Flexible and open floor plans create a spacious environment that meets future needs.
- Architectural Relevance to Location – Using local materials and considering the surroundings leads to a cohesive design that enhances the living experience.
- A Long-term Investment – Architecturally designed homes offer lasting value through future-proofing features and sustainable materials.
- The Visual Impression of Kerb Appeal – First impressions matter; a well-designed façade and landscaping can significantly impact perception.
Sustainability and Smart Technology
Green design is more than just a niche interest or the interest of only young people. It is now a mainstream consideration for architecturally designed homes. Energy-efficient features like triple-glazed, high-performance windows, solar panels, green roofs, smart thermostats and the use of local materials can help homeowners save on their bills, reduce their carbon footprint, and show neighbours, friends, and other architects that sustainability can happen.
Recycled materials, high-performance insulation and low-emission paint are further sustainable things developers and architects include in property development. Properties that use these eco-friendly features are properties that buyers are willing to pay a premium for.
And then there’s smart technology like automated lights and blinds, enhanced home security systems, and energy-efficient appliances. Though saving energy through smart technology helps you be more sustainable, these modern devices also appeal to technophiles interested in buying a house. Smart devices also make using a house’s appliances, fixtures and fittings more convenient for people with disabilities and everyone. Maybe this is why homes that harness smart technology command longer leases, higher rent, and a better return on investment.
Better Space Utilisation and Functionality
In modern architecture, space efficiency is important. Architectural features like flow-through indoor-outdoor living, vaulted ceilings and open floor plans all work together to produce a spacious and inviting home. Though some compartmentalised, singular rooms of a home may still exist, modular, flexible homes are more popular right now. Houses that allow indoor-outdoor living are especially sought after.
A lot of modern architecture includes versatile, multipurpose rooms. This is a type of future-proofing, since a versatile home can be reconfigured to meet the needs of the future. This versatility adds long-term value.
Indoor-outdoor living, like houses with large patios, rooftop gardens, or floor-to-ceiling glass doors, helps to make an effortless transition between the interior and the outdoors, for a feeling of being open to nature, and allowing light and air in. We’ve sought to create this lifestyle in so much of our work.
Architectural Relevance to Location
Though aesthetics and material considerations are a big part, architecture is more than just making a building look modern or eco-friendly. The surrounding environment should be a major influence on any home’s architecture. Think of London, with the local red brick. At Buck & Simple, we often use local blackbutt wood, a sustainable material with a minimal carbon footprint, thanks to the short distance it has to travel.
While aesthetics and materials play a major role in any home, architecture is never just about appearances. At Buck & Simple, we believe truly architecturally designed homes respond thoughtfully to their context from climate and topography to community and cultural cues.
Take, for instance, our use of locally sourced blackbutt timber. Not only is it durable and beautiful, it’s a sustainable choice with a minimal carbon footprint due to its proximity. Just as red brick connects London homes to their historic fabric, native timbers connect our homes to the Australian landscape.
And connection goes beyond materials. We see the relationship between home and site as fundamental. A beachside home that ignores the water is a missed opportunity and misalignment of purpose. That’s why our designs prioritise orientation, outlook, and flow ensuring every home feels grounded, intentional, and deeply connected to place..
A Long-term Investment
When you create a home, its life goes on long after the first family living there has moved out. Architecturally designed homes are an investment that can hold long-term value. With future-proofing architectural elements like flexible floor plans that can suit any lifestyle, sustainable materials that will still be around well into the future, and classic design that has already stood the test of time, a well-designed home is a wily investment option for now and forever.
While you may think moving into modern architecturally designed homes is the most sensible investment, even an older home can be spruced up with some simple modern improvements, like improving energy efficiency with new glass, or introducing an open concept space.
The Visual Impression of Kerb Appeal
Whether your home has a kerb or it’s more of a verge, ditch, or beach, first impressions matter. What people see or encounter as they make their way to your home leaves a lasting impression as they spend more time in your abode. So welcome them with the clean, embracing lines of your facade, or make a dramatic visual impression with landscaping. Even better, leave it to your surrounding landscape to make the statement!
Though interior design is a significant part of the place where you’ll be spending a lot of your time, think about choosing durable materials, like steel, concrete and glass, to give your home a first impression that will last.
Ready to Transform Your Space?
If you’re ready to elevate your environment with the expertise of architects specialising in homes, look no further than Buck & Simple. Our passionate architect team is dedicated to transforming your vision into a stunning reality. Discover how our team creates homes that inspire and invigorate.
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Enhancing Lifestyle and Value: Architecturally Designed Homes
Discover how architecturally designed homes enhance lifestyle and property value through sustainability, smart technology, and functional, aesthetic space.