Where we are: ready for the next act in house design. Though it's impossible (and probably unnecessary) to predict the style, we know that the next generation of American houses will:Be smaller as we no longer want to heat, cool, maintain and pay for all that house.Incorporate low-maintenance materials that will last, freeing up our time and money for other pursuits.Be contextual so that a house in the Pacific Northwest responds to a different set of climate and cultural forces than a house in the Deep South.Tell us: What do you think is next in home design?Browse more photos of home exteriors

Horizontal Siding - Vertical Wood

exterior

NICE MATERIALS

modern

think what have now -like idea

Cool Shotgun type of Frontage

siding

acceso

Garage to house wall.

MA-MA-LOOOON

Walls, address

Interesting exterior materials.

Lights

Smaller more efficient homes with low maintenance - great idea. Tired of seeing these mcmansions - and when you go inside some of them are barely furnished. Better to keep it a bit simpler!

nice colors exterior

good mix

Cool exterior

grey and green

The lighting symmetry between interior and exterior here is inviting.

pendants

color combo

Change in texture

Exterior

Jjj

modern awesomeness -- incredible balance, materials, perfect color palette, what is that black band wrapping around the top inside corner? I want to go to there.

Modern Home

I like the use of the panels above with the traditional lap siding below and the thicker aluminum window frames.

Betona celini, maja ari

I have always loved this boxy but open mixture of wood and stone look.

siding

EXTERIOR

Everything

modern shotgun

lap siding

Casa

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