Can a contemporary home ever be timeless?
“Creating a site-specific home is one of the most exciting prospects for an architect and a client. It’s an opportunity to leave a legacy — a piece of architecture capturing a moment in time”
A timeless contemporary build... Sounds eloquently romantic and is a phrase we hear a lot at HB&R, but it’s an oxymoron. The word ‘timeless’ means something that ‘isn’t limited to a particular time in history’. The word ‘contemporary’ means ‘belonging to or occurring in the present’. The words may be contradictory, but put them together and, like the well-coined phrase ‘instant classic’, you have a term with a ring to it. Intuitively, we understand what it means: a home that belongs to the present but has architectural merit that will have it stand the test of time.
With so many factors to consider when building a new home, extending or overhauling an existing property (let alone the planning considerations for the area you’re going to build in), how do you build a home that’s exciting now and will remain so into the next decade and
