Indian architecture has gone through transformation over last decade taking into Global Trends of consideration the changing demographics and outlook of the habitat. The transformation is more towards affordable luxury that gives a contemporary look to the house. It’s no longer about keeping antiques and making the house looking overcrowded as it was yesteryears. Today the transformation is more towards passive homes that endowone with colossal living and implementing eco-friendly thematic approach to the habitat. Affordable luxury interior means creating a spacious residential foyer in which to receive guests if you are looking for, having a wonderful Outdoor Living Room in which to sit, under cover and read your favourite book, sip your favourite drink and appreciate the inspiring views from your luxury residence.

The forthcoming years will see some new trends moving from the usual master bedrooms and living rooms to a classy, chic, contemporary and thematic house.Following are the trends that could be adopted understanding the Indian necessitiesand its humid climate.

Passive Building Architecture

Passive building architecture is best suited for tropical climates like India.The key design criteria for building such structures includes incorporating  insulation, solar control glazing, fixed external shades for the windows and ventilation with both heat and energy recovery. The passive homes are planned ensuring that it provides proper daylighting, natural ventilation and plenty of open shaded spaces.

Going Organic

Our vegetables are organic, but what about your cabinets?  Health-conscious homeowners are starting to see their homes as part of the wellness equation, right in stride with exercise and eating right. Buyers will soon be paying more attention to healthy details such as low-VOC paints, stains, and sealants, along with cabinets and furniture made with natural products such as hay, wheat, eucalyptus, bamboo, and aspen; HVAC systems that improve indoor air quality; and appliances that filter water.

Natural Materials Enhance Galore

Natural materials such as coral, driftwood, and pebbles bring warm and texture to modern design, especially rooms with big, colossal sweeps of one particular material. Organic materials sustain for long run and even endow a customised touch to monochromatic or modern spaces.

Spa Inspired Bathrooms

Spa bathrooms are quickly becoming one of today’s most requested amenities. The trend is more towards incorporating breath-taking elements in the bathroom. A rock wall, or a glass inlay on a floor or backsplash,gives magnificent look wherein the day ends with serenity. Residential architects are incorporating tricks to use all the time to give the illusion of greater square footage even to the bathroom. The idea is to make it look exclusive, calm with ethereal light, decorative glass shade so your eyes don’t stop and take notice. In a spa bathroom, nothing should be jarring.

Night Ventilation

Unlike old window shutters that function merely as wistful decor, new retractable panels are providing ways to both shade interiors from daylight to maintain a cutting-edge look. New-fangled systems can easily retract on cloudy days, while in the summer can help reduce thermal bridges and cooling costs.

Landscaping

Landscape architecture is currently an important in all aspects of residential architecture. It determines the positioning of the diverse plant life and enhances the artistic look of the house. Landscaping also adds in giving bright bold colors. There can be an added advantage if an optimum utilization of lush texture plantings can be made. Moreover large leaf plants can change the overall scale of a small space.Homeowners can thus use landscape architecture to create a stunning and liveable area forthe entire family to invigorate.

Ornamentation

Walls, backsplashes, exterior facades are adding on to the ornamentation of the houses. Composite, stone veneers, wood are the new trends that bring in a magnificent look to the house.Tiles are still being used, but on walls and floors, they’re getting bigger.

Ornamentation augments and enhances the ceiling of the buildings and around the entrances and windows, especially in the form of distinctive mouldings. Throughout antiquity and for revival, ornamentation plays a very crucial role.

These forthcoming designs are shaping up the architecture industry and will demurely add a new meaning in giving the building a modern exterior look and maintain ecological balance at the same time.

source : Lokesh Shastri