I've noticed this in Australia. Architectural style and design is not important for house buyers. Their concerns are price and cost. If style comes into play it is as a preference for size--the Sydney McMansion--or as heritage.
Design is the variations on the standardized shape offered by the corporate builders. Judging by the Hindmarsh Island Marina Development the emphasis is on lifestyle and not good design.
Posted by Gary Sauer-Thompson at July 3, 2005 12:18 AM | TrackBackWe live in a cookie-cutter development as the Americans call them. Design was important in our purchase of this house. We didnt care what it looked like on the outside, but inside it had to be full of light, spacious and airy.
The houses that were built even fifteen years ago here, have small windows that are far apart. This development has houses that are styled with big windows, and cathedral ceilings.