Popular architecture design styles for townhouse and villa facades nowadays

Perhaps before designing a house, you must have a headache and spend a lot of time thinking, choosing the form of the house facade or the style/architectural design style of your house facade.

And surely you go online to search for suitable house models, read documents but then get more confused because you don't know what style you like. And the problem is that when you don't know what style or architectural design style you like, you don't know how to present it to the architect, as a result, both sides will take a long time to find a design style that suits the homeowner's wishes.

In fact, to count how many styles and architectural design styles there are, there can be countless styles, whether academically or practically. Here, this article will only present the most popular styles and architectural styles of townhouse facades that are loved by many people, easy to understand for non-professionals and easy to present to Architects so that they can grasp the homeowner's wishes.

Perhaps before designing a house, you must have a headache and spend a lot of time thinking, choosing the form of the house facade or the style/architectural design style of your house facade.

And surely you go online to search for suitable house models, read documents but then get more confused because you don't know what style you like. And the problem is that when you don't know what style or architectural design style you like, you don't know how to present it to the Architect to design, as a result, both sides will take a long time to find a design style that suits the homeowner's wishes.

This is an architectural design style that uses classical details: doors, patterns, moldings... used a lot in French villas/houses or details originating from Greek and Roman architecture in Europe. Because this form has been the standard of architectural aesthetics for a long time, many people still like it until now. Although it has a rather ancient look, it is not outdated or out of date.

Called classical or neoclassical is the level of application of many classical details and the addition of more or less modern details. This style is still favored by many people until now.

This style often leads to a slightly more expensive price because using many moldings requires a lot of labor and must choose suitable materials. If the designer is not skillful, it will easily appear ostentatious, fussy, lacking intelligence and sophistication.

2. Modern/Minimalist architectural design style

This may be the most popular architectural style today because of its convenience, economy, and suitability for today's modern lifestyle. This style uses few small details, focusing on the coordination of basic, simple, modern shapes. After all, the beauty lies in the proportions and intersections between shapes, not in the elaborate details.

Although this style also originated in Europe with their simple, minimalist philosophy of life, it is now applied quite well and delicately by Vietnamese Architects, bringing houses that are highly appreciated in terms of aesthetics and functionality.

3. Modern architectural design style and repeating details

This style is quite new, appearing in the last 3-5 years in Vietnam. This style uses a certain architectural detail repeatedly: beautiful, unique, beautiful proportions, multiplied into a large area. This is a fairly suitable creation for housing in Vietnam because housing is a type of property that is perceived at close range, requiring beautiful details. Some Architects with this style have brought some houses to a new level, unique, novel, attractive.

This style is less popular than the 2 styles above, because it is quite new and requires the designer to have good aesthetics, as well as understanding of materials and construction methods to be able to turn the new into reality.

4. Parametric architecture style

Parametric design is an algorithm-based method that merges design intent with design outcomes. Parametric design is the most debated design method among architects. It attracts the attention of most people by forming complex geometric forms and structures through the interaction of multiple elements.

5. Architectural style according to the architect's design or your request (other styles)

The style mentioned here is the style designed by the architect. If you really do not have any personal preferences, then you let the architect design, they will do it according to their strengths and knowledge. With this style, you will usually get a beautiful house because the designer does what they have researched reasonably, they are knowledgeable and familiar with. After all, architects, they are in contact with architecture every day, their view of the project in terms of aesthetics will be better than ordinary people working in other fields.

In addition, if you want your house to have something special such as: some symbol, some history, some memory, some mark, it does not follow any specific style, then you present the requirements for that context and the architect will be creative based on the requirements you set out.

As mentioned above, these 5 styles are not all the current architectural design styles for townhouse facades. But at least when you choose one of these five styles and present it to the architect, they can narrow down the trend and architectural form that suits your personal taste. From there, both sides can quickly find a suitable architectural form.

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Hopefully, the above article on townhouse facade design styles will help you get useful information and get the most satisfactory house.