Despite the abundance of styles represented at the town market, in common with one of the most interesting houses: they are out to be different from the general's Soviet-era cottages and notorious castles of red brick, built in an open field in the early 90's.

It is a characteristic tendency - the creation of a patio, large balconies (often under the pitched roof of the house, which gives it a fashionable form of an alpine chalet), verandahs that enliven the composition of the building, and most importantly, allow the owners in any weather from the comfort found in the fresh air.

Another trend - a very big windows in a residential area, often combined with a kitchen. Sometimes used glass sliding doors from floor to ceiling or simply panoramic glazing. This allows you to be closer to nature, even in winter, rather than looking at the surrounding beauty, as in television, in a small window.

Of course, modern window profiles allow us to solve the problem of keeping warm in the house, without sacrificing the size of the window. All this suggests that people are tired of the city and want a suburban home as close to nature.

Fashion will take place - the house will

In the elite sector practically non-wooden buildings. By the tree, despite its environmental friendliness and durability (with new technologies impregnation), in the elite sector of the wary attitude. While in countries with similar climate (Scandinavia, Canada, northern USA), the lion's share of the housing market are houses built on frame technology, our customers believe that once built, then the century. In the most expensive houses of wood being used as an element of decor, and not as a supporting structure.

Style chalets we came into vogue a few years ago. Today, talking about his triumphal procession is hardly appropriate: its distribution was no longer associated with individual projects, but with some cottage villages, where it was successfully used. One of the reasons - besides the need to use in the construction of the building tree.

House as a state of mind

'Fashion trends in architecture - it is rather an expression of the state in which the society - said Maria Litinetckii, Head of suburban real estate company Blackwood .- For example, in the early 90-ies people filled an abundance of standard panel boxes, so the construction of country houses were oriented the classic style of landed estates. When I was allowed free travel abroad, they saw many other styles. Until now comes the adaptation of European traditions to Russia's reality, so the villages began to appear in Dutch, German, Finnish style `.

Fashionable today may be called European trends, such as style chateau. When it goes to the saturation of western culture and we feel their self-sufficiency, then, you may be interested in traditional Russian architecture and the influence of fashion will decrease.

Be, rather than to seem

As a completely new development in the last year, it is a conscious refusal of some architects and owners show off the facade of the house. In particular, two of the houses presented in today's rankings, obviously there is an intention laconic architectural facades. Often, emphasis is focused on the part of the building, which faces the inner courtyard, where they spend most of the time homeowners.

Today, architects are paying much more attention to the peculiarities of the site. Before we rush to paint the beauty of ``, they carefully studied light, which depends on the location of the cardinal points and a possible drop heights, assess in which direction was called the most beautiful view. Not all the beautiful houses have vast areas, so it is always important to find the optimal shape of the house and its location on the site, so that owners have the feeling of relative isolation. And not by a huge fences.

Where are the styles

Among the interesting new houses many modern, but relatively new development include the use of elements of Victorian style, born in England during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901).

Of course, this is only Victorian motifs, significantly upgraded in the light of the demands of modern customers. Basically we are talking about using the many elements of the external decoration of the facades and on the bizarre union of several volumes, often with different heights or mimic this effect is due to Uneven and countervailing elements of the roof.

The simplicity and naturalness

In contrast, the `home of modern architecture` refuse 'supersaturated' facades and the formation of the external appearance of stressed emanate from the convenience of internal planning. For such houses is characterized by the use of modern materials, which, however, retain the feeling of `natural` home (which makes them a continuation of the Art Nouveau) - a combination of elements of wood, natural or artificial stone, texture plaster, painted in quiet, close to the earth `or` wood tone.

Also, they are distinguished by the asymmetry of the plan of construction and landscape composition (as opposed to vertical). Unlike homes in the chalet style, in such homes more than flat roofs, which have no parts hanging over the balconies.

The diversity of architecture is achieved through bold, sometimes bizarre combination of intersecting cubic forms of different size and number of storeys. Also used the contrast of rectangular and curved elements of the building. It is very sparingly used small facade decoration.

Actually today is increasingly becoming more gently sloping roof. Quality construction of the roof can not fear that at a small angle of the roof, it can break through under the weight of snow. The sloping roof allows more complete use of the attic space and to increase their area, as well as change the silhouette of the building. Appear and flat roofs.

Under one roof

Unlike previous years, architects often seek all necessary facilities to the owner to combine in one building, especially if the land area is small. For example, today more rarely can be seen scattered around the site of a small secondary buildings - garage, gazebo, bath house, or for the protection of workers, etc. .- all housed under one roof. And owners often put at the heart of the existence of certain facilities and internal layout and architecture of the house is designed to create a stylish and technologically outer shell for this space.

It should be noted that in the elite sector, despite the abundance of new developments, still highly in demand and classical forms. Of course, this is a modern classic, and not just copy designs XVIII-XIX centuries. So, let's get to specific homes, which in varying degrees demonstrate these trends.

House-wave

This house is certainly one of the most unusual among appeared in Moscow recently. At the request of the owners, we do not give the name of the village, just to say that it is located within a radius of less than 10 km from Moscow on Novorizhskoe direction.

There are two raisins - a form of roof and facade of the house to use as a wall separating the master from the road, which runs along the border is not very large area. This method certainly deserves attention and even replication: our mentality requires isolation, but the fences (yes even in guarded cottage settlement) is increasingly perceived as a relic. In this case, the facade of the building stretches along the entire plot, and the main living room windows face the courtyard, which has a small pond.

But most of all, this house is remembered form of the roof. Pent undulating roof is tilted to the side courtyard - a feeling that the building was thrown a light scarf. The hostess assured that the roof structure is rather simple, but the builders had to look for a long time (eventually house built Yugoslav company). If the house looks from the street as a whole, then the back of the notice that the three buildings, united by one roof - the house itself, a garage, shed and room for protection. Approximate cost - $ 5 million Architect Oksana Kitaeva.

HOMESTEAD

House, presented by Blackwood, located at 17 th km Rublevo-Uspensky highway in the settlement chamber (eight houses), which is part of a conglomerate of villages Gorki-2. This project is not important innovation, and competent to follow tradition. The basis was taken as a project of classic Italian villa, however, if you want you can see the parallels with the Russian estate, style which in its time also did not escape Western influences.

Distinctive feature of the house is a grand staircase descends symmetrically on either side of the house, and a portico with four columns. Area - 1400 sq.. m.

Balcony adapted to Russia's conditions, where winter lasts for more than six months: the protruding part and a large slope of the roof does not allow the snow to linger. Territory outside the house decorated by professional designers - foot stone paths, a fountain classic round shape. Inside there is everything for comfortable living and leisure of wealthy owners of: entrance hall, billiards room, pantry, home theater, laundry, refrigeration room, swimming pool with sauna, a room, fireplace lounge, kitchen, three bedrooms (each with its own bathroom), dressing-room with balcony, walk-in closet . The cost of home - $ 6,7 million

Art Nouveau house

This house, presented by the company `MIAN-real estate agency ', is located on the 8 th km Rublevo-Uspensky highway in a luxury village, which is located in a pine forest. The house was built in the style of classical modernism (in this style can be found in Moscow a few apartment houses built in the early XX century, in particular the club house in the Old Arbat).

Recent projects completed in this style, emphasized individualized. They are distinguished by a free asymmetrical composition. This silhouette of the building is characterized by regular and even severe forms. All the elements connected by a single ornamental rhythm, subject to a single image-a symbolic idea. Much attention is paid to the lines of facade and interior, where the main motif is a stylized floral design and line of `wave`.

The plasticity of forms and fluidity of lines highlighted selected for construction materials: wood, metal and glass. For this style is characterized by yellow and blue ornaments, stained glass, graceful curls wrought metal walls razbelennaya palette with unexpected coloristic combinations. The house has a swimming pool, sauna, cinema, children, terrace. In finishing used granite, an array of precious wood, natural stone. Roofing copper. We establish a system of 'smart house', elevator. House size - 1000 sqm. m plot - 30 hundred parts. Cost - $ 15 million

'Victorian Gothic'

House area of 1100 sq. m, also presented by Blackwood. It is located on 125 hectare plot in guarded cottage village Mihalkovo `` (Ilinskoe highway, 12-km). The area also has guest house area of 900 sq. meters and a building in a grotto for the device barbecue. The territory in front of the house created an artificial lake, which reflects the building.

The architecture of this country house is a mixture of styles, but rather restrained, not brought to the full level of eclecticism. The project was implemented in Victorian style, as indicated by the form of buildings, multilevel roofs, superimposed on one another, and white-pink facade of the range. But then there are elements of Gothic architecture: the arch on the perimeter of the building, stained glass in the form of a Gothic rose in the annexe. A flowery patterns in the Moorish style over the main entrance in conjunction with vaulted balcony show love master of the house to the culture of the East.

The house is divided into two levels: the first are toilets, children's, lounge, game room, large swimming pool, fireplace room, bedroom and dressing room. The second - a living room, hallway, four bedrooms and other rooms. In the mansard part - cinema. The cost of the house - $ 15 million

British House

This house represents the company `North-West`. It is located in the village of `Nikolskaya Sloboda` 9-th km Novorizhskoe highway. House differs emphatic brevity and simplicity facade forms of geometry, is not very typical of the elite suburban development in Russia. Meanwhile, this high quality modern architecture - for those who `understands`.

The main emphasis is on comfort and functionality of their stay. The name `British 'house was a simple reason: the project was created by the British architectural firm McAdams Architects (architect Richard Bonvil). The main features of the architectural design, executed in the modern (contemporary) style - self-restraint and solidity.

In terms of the house is in the form of an asymmetric square (unfinished letter `P ') and a variable number of floors - the higher part of the two floors, a ground-floor pool. The roof pool is used as a large terrace or solarium (more than 100 square meters. M). In the central part of the house in two tiers of windows space is the central staircase.

For more privacy stay hosts cubic volume of the building are grouped around a small patio (paved yard), which surround the main rooms - living room, pool, hall. A continuous panoramic glazing first floor with the inside of the house visually unites the space, the yard, as if making it a part of the living space. U-shaped configuration of the house - this is another interesting technique, allowing to isolate the house is not only expensive but also from neighboring areas. Estimated cost of the house - $ 5 million