Primarily any home building will have three common elements that constitute to the beauty of the design in itself. A good design is a relative term but depends o these three factors.
- Exterior Form
- Interior Style
- Surroundings
Exterior Home Design or The Form Of The Design
By form of the building I mean that actual finished built structure of home. The shape final built structure largely depends upon how the interior rooms have been arranged. What is inside will always reflect on the outside. Hence an architect always thinks about both exteriors and interiors while designing a home building. As a common rule these two types of home buildings are commonly found. depending upon where these structures have been built the internal arrangement of the rooms and hence the external shape will change.
Interior design Style
The interior design style also has a lot of varieties and are commonly called as "themes". A design theme can be modern, oriental, country, etc depending what the home owner likes. Also the choice of the design theme is greatly dependent upon the geographical location of the home building because the geographical location will greatly affect the climatic conditions inside the home building.
Surroundings
Surroundings play a major role in home design. What goes around the home plot will greatly affect the arrangement of internal home rooms. For example if a home building is adjacent to a flowing river then a family room looking towards the river will have to arranged so that family members can enjoy the view during coffee time. This will affect in bigger openings and will reflect in external appearance of the home.