5 Characteristic of Modern Minimalist Home Design

5 Characteristic of Modern Minimalist Home Design 

Minimalism has become quite popular over the years as a design philosophy and way of life. Minimalist architecture is about achieving better design through simplicity – a simplicity of form, space, materiality, detail, and color. 

Minimalist design also shows restraint and a careful paring down and editing of spaces to get to a place of clarity. 

Who doesn’t like clean, open spaces that allow the architecture, the furniture, and the materials in the room to breathe? It’s the simple, honest detailing and simple materials that make minimalism so appealing and why we enjoy creating minimalist spaces – because we appreciate the calmness, the warmth, and the beauty that these kinds of spaces exude.

Characteristics of modern minimalist house design include: 

• Simplicity in form and function 
• Many minimalist houses have a simple, straightforward, efficient plan layout with stacked volumes of spaces. This creates clarity in the plan, where spaces are predictable and uncomplicated. 
• Simple forms, open floor plans, minimal interior walls, modest storage areas, and an emphasis on views and daylight are defining characteristics of many minimalist floor plans. 
• Uncomplicated punched openings for doors and windows punctuate the facades. Overall, there is a simple house design that avoids a lot of ins and outs, complex curves, or angles. 
• Simple roof profiles are also characteristic of minimalist homes.
• Uncomplicated cladding & wall finishes 
• Using a simple continuous exterior cladding material can easily provide visual appeal and articulation by expressing the physical characteristics of the materials and their texture. .
• Clean, open, light-filled spaces 
• Simple detailing devoid of decoration 
• Strategic use of materials for visual interest, texture, and personality
• the material palette is limited to mostly concrete and glass. Yet, the board-formed concrete provides texture and interest to the minimalist interior design.
•  the texture and grain of the tile pattern adds visual interest to the simple neutral palette of the modern bathroom. 
• Eye-catching materials such as the brick wall on the right below can stand on their own without the need for shelving and knick-knacks to clutter them up.