2024-05-07T22:54:55-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/149968625/the-real-estate-market-shows-modern-is-in-and-mediterranean-is-out Orhan Ayyüce 2016-09-15T01:35:00-04:00 >2022-03-16T09:10:02-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/wc/wc7g4dk8bh7b6tl2.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>There was a period where people created a caricature of the Mediterranean or Tuscan style, increasingly ornate and garish</p></em><br /><br /><p>"Along with Beanie Babies, the Sony Discman and other trends of the 1990s, the once wildly popular Mediterranean-style home has fallen out of fashion.</p><p>An&nbsp;<a href="http://research.realtor.com/review-home-style-trends/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">analysis of current home listings</a>&nbsp;shows that asking prices for Mediterranean-style homes&mdash;known for&nbsp;<a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704204304574546032606496964" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">stucco walls, tumbled stone and wrought-iron accents</a>&mdash;have stalled in recent years, though they remain high. Now, modern architecture, with its subdued color palette and minimalist design, is popular."</p><p>Good news: "you, modernist architect, are in demand."</p><p>Related:</p><p><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149966963/is-the-mcmansion-era-finally-over" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Is the McMansion era finally over?</a></p>