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An award-winning architect has suggested that the booming popularity of apartment living in Australia over the past decade indicates that living in houses is now passe.
“There’ll always be some people who prefer to live in a harbourside mansion in Vaucluse or a big house in Toorak, but increasingly they’re discovering that well-designed apartments offer a very good standard of living," Frank Stanisic says in Domain today.
“They also offer certain things that large mansions can’t, like interaction with neighbours – or not, if you don’t want it – wonderful communal facilities that you don’t have to look after yourself, and extremely high-quality fittings, well-designed floor plans and excellent amenity in terms of sunlight, solar access and cross-ventilation.”
Do you agree with Stanisic that houses are on the way out? Would you be happy living in an apartment? Let us know in the discussion below.
Jason
It was certainly a joy to move back into a "normal" house and section. Like others have mentioned I think its more a case of would be home owners not being able to afford a house, rather settling for apartments as a second choice. Here in NZ house prices have sky rocketed by 500% and upward in most of our main cities, over the last 10 years,
Who's watching the new series of The Block?
Shows like The Block can obviously help to challenge stereotypes about apartment design and highlight the benefits, but also some of the limitations.
Jason
