Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Luxury Home Market Update.



Here's an excerpt from a SA Express-News article. At least some high-end homeowners have kept their heads and are still asking for Texas-Tuscan.

http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/article/Contemporary-designs-starting-to-gain-ground-3413368.php#ixzz1phKZYDbJ

It's nothing that will set the world of modern architecture on fire.

But there's an ever-so-subtle shift toward modern design in San Antonio's luxury home market, and away from the Tuscan and Mediterranean look that had become so omnipresent in higher-end neighborhoods.

Custom builder Kyle Lindsey said people still are asking for styles such as French country and “Texas-Tuscan.”

“People are still in that market. I am starting to see more introduction into a more organic contemporary,” Lindsey said. “It's very clean and crisp and simple with straight lines. There are lots of light colors and earth tones. I almost want to say it has an organic feeling. The clients I see moving in that direction are over the Texas-Tuscan look, that really heavy look with lots of detail. They're over it, and they're very clear about being sick of it.”

1 comment:

Keith said...

From one fad to the next. And not even a new fad, but a recycled fad from the 60s. Neat.