I am posting three photographs here. This one which is a wide angle shot of a brand new house that was just built after a long time ranch house which was here for years was demolished. I have posted about this before. I wondered what would replace the original home, below.
The photograph below is a cropped version of the first photo so you could see the house that was built. Over the last 5 years or so, in this one neighborhood I have seen 8 or 9 "teardowns" of nice looking family homes, and what was strange was most of them have been replaced with these stark black and white homes. There is no warmth to them at all! So I just asked a question about this style of home which is black and white and has no trim at all, and learned this: "Yes, you are describing a major, highly visible trend in residential architecture. Over the last several years, neighborhoods across the country have seen a massive rise in these stark, high-contrast houses."
"Design experts note that the trend is currently hitting its peak and experiencing a significant backlash, with residential architecture rapidly shifting toward warmer, more textured, and more organic aesthetics. Designers and homeowners are beginning to experience "monochrome fatigue". On architectural forums and design platforms users frequently complain that these homes look sterile, institutional, and entirely devoid of neighborhood character." Wow, I could not have said it better myself! They all seem completely out of character to the neighborhood and have no warmth at all. I think I will photograph some of the first ones that I saw built on my bike ride and share them with you at some point.
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