Category
Art & Design
Oven Aesthetics
Trend cluster
Category
Low-Cost
Highrise
Urban highrise buildings are lower in cost without sacrificing design.
5.0
Trend score
Trend
What is the Low-Cost Highrise trend?
Low-Cost Highrise: Though still rare, designers are conceptualizing ways that urban highrise buildings can combine functionality, modern design, and low costs. This shift comes as gentrification continues to push out low-income families from their communities, with some consumers beginning to understand the importance of elevating culture in design, rather than transforming it in a way that is highly exclusionary to most.
Trend themes
Themes within the Low-Cost Highrise trend
Three behaviours holding the trend together01
Low-Cost Urban Highrise
The push for urban highrise buildings with updated functionality and modern design is offering an opportunity to design buildings that provide elevation to culture and combat high costs and gentrification.
02
Innovative Affordable Housing
New and creative methods, such as transforming shipping containers into affordable housing and using reconfigurable methods to create compact apartments, could be the key to increasing affordability and combating housing crises globally.
03
Luxury Living with Inclusivity
The creation of high-end buildings with affordable and safe housing for all, complete with amenities and extra luxury features, offers a unique opportunity for the creation of inclusive living spaces.
Industry implications
What the Low-Cost Highrise trend means for industry
Where the trend changes the playbookFor
Architecture
Innovative building design and creative problem-solving, shaping the future of urban spaces.
For
Construction
Efficiency and cost-effectiveness in building practices to better provide housing solutions and minimize environmental impact.
For
Real estate
A focus on developing properties that provide affordable and practical living spaces, addressing pressing social and economic justice issues.
Workshop question
How can your brand become more inclusive in the way it sells its products?
Trend signals
Trend signals for Low-Cost Highrise
Trend score 5.0 out of 10, from popularity 63%, activity 80%, freshness 8%.
Popularity63%
Activity80%
Freshness8%
Audience
50%Men
50%Women
- Gen Alpha
- Gen Z
- Millennial
- Gen X
- Boomer
Market
North America
Europe
Asia-Pacific
South America
Africa
Evidence
Examples of the Low-Cost Highrise trend
5 featured examples from Oct 4, 2017 to Mar 20, 2018CategoryArt & Design
Reconfigurable Compact Apartments
White Arkitekter Prototype Homes with Movable Walls
The architecture and design industry can explore innovative ways to create customizable compact apartments with movable walls.
CategoryArt & Design
Shipping Container Developments
LA is Developing 84 Units of Affordable Housing
The use of shipping containers for affordable housing creates a disruptive innovation opportunity for architects to design and build sustainable communities.
CategoryArt & Design
New-Age Apartment Buildings
The Hub Building in Brooklyn is a 54-Storey Modern Living Concept
The Hub Building's mix of luxury and affordable housing opens avenues for disruptors in the real estate industry.
CategoryArt & Design
Affordable Latticed Apartment Towers
The DFA Propositions These 'Floating' Buildings in Manhattan
Real estate companies can capitalize on the trend for budget-friendly apartments by developing affordable housing that caters to the middle and lower classes.
CategoryArt & Design
Modern Affordable Housing
The Bill Sorro Community Offers Cost-Friendly Living Solutions
Real estate industry professionals could leverage modern design, innovative materials, and construction techniques to create affordable housing options.
