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BUILD 2025: A guide to 2025 home design trends
Planning a new build or renovation in 2025?
Check out our handy guide to what home design trends are here to stay, and what’s worth incorporating into your own home.
SUSTAINABLE DESIGN
Sustainability is not a new trend, but it continues to drive significant changes in home design here in the ACT. Major trends include passive solar design to maximise natural light and ventilation, high-performance glazing to reduce heat loss and gain through windows, and use of sustainable building materials such as recycled timber and rammed earth.
SMART HOME INTEGRATIONS
‘Smart’ is a word that gets thrown around a lot, but when it comes to home design, certain features can really enhance liveability. We’re seeing more examples of this such as automated lighting and climate control, integrated security systems and smart, energy-saving appliances connected to a central hub for monitoring and control.
OUTDOOR/INDOOR INTEGRATION
‘Biophilic design’, or bringing the outdoors in, continues to be a highly sought-after design feature. Biophilic design connects people to nature, and is influencing everything from material choices to spatial layouts.
NATURAL AND NEUTRAL
Neutral, warm and tactile materials are feeding into our desire for cosy home environments. Warm, sustainable timber features prominently. Natural stone is having a major moment due to the banning of engineered stone, and adds texture and elegance. Neutral colour palettes are still dominating in many modern homes, with earthy tones and muted colours create a calming atmosphere and complementing natural materials.
MULTIFUNCTIONAL SPACES
Modern families are changing, and rooms need to serve multiple purposes to cater to evolving lifestyles and remote working trends. We’re seeing a rise in multipurpose rooms that can easily transform from home office, to guest room, to play area, or that can accommodate several functions all at once, using clever design to create designated zones.
Header image: Casey Projects, O'Connor.
THIS CONTENT IS COPYRIGHT (C) 2025, MASTER BUILDERS ASSOCIATION OF THE ACT.
