What the Home of Tomorrow Will Look Like: 10 Leading Designers Reveal the Trends Shaping Future Living

Less screen time, shared 'clubhouses', wellness zones scattered through the house and smart technology you feel but never see. Ten celebrated AD100 designers told TrendKia how the meaning of home is set to change in the years ahead.

The home is no longer just a place to live in. It is fast becoming the centre of rest, work, health and relationships, all at once. TrendKia spoke to ten of the world's most respected designers and architects about the ideas that will define the home of tomorrow. From Los Angeles to Paris, Milan, Melbourne and New York, their views share some clear common threads.

Less screen, more human closeness
Kulapat Yantrasast, AD100 designer and founder of Why Architecture Workshop, Los Angeles, believes human connections are being lost because we spend too much time on the screen. His answer is the home as a kind of collective, an idea he calls a "buddy block", where friends build a community together. You still have your own home, but you might also share a clubhouse with 10 friends. In his words it is almost like a mini hotel, where you can have breakfast, lunch and dinner together and even share a single physical trainer, life coach or driver.

Andre Herrero, architect and principal at Charlap Hyman & Herrero, Los Angeles, sees the same hunger for socialisation. People want to entertain again, he says. A whole contingent of people are quite nomadic, so some like to have full apartments attached to their houses where friends can stay. It is not just about a guest room, but about giving guests their own world while still allowing interaction. Herrero notes this matters especially in the techy, entrepreneurial world, because entrepreneurs are hungry for new ideas and new sparks of inspiration, and that comes from connecting with someone in a very real way.

Wellness spread across the house
For David Flack, AD100 designer of Flack Studio, Melbourne, full-blown wellness areas are becoming part of the home, whether that means integrating a steam shower into a shower or installing a dedicated sauna, steam, cold plunge or hyperbaric chamber. Even gyms are now dispersed throughout the house, with a space for lightweight exercises and another for yoga. Herrero adds meditation, retreat and isolation rooms to this list, anything that breaks you away from technology. People are constantly looking for ways to detach from what they have inadvertently evolved into.

The rise of the quiet, clear home
Harry Nuriev, founder and creative director of Crosby Studios, Paris and New York, says the home is becoming quieter. People are moving away from overly decorated interiors toward spaces that feel mentally calm. Not necessarily cosy in the traditional sense, he explains, but less visually busy and more emotionally clear. Empty space will become more important, and minimalism will finally become meaningful again, not just an aesthetic but a way to clear both your environment and your mind. Nuriev himself is growing more interested in strong contrasts like black and white rather than endless shades of beige. He points to a telling contradiction too: we still hide wellness objects like treadmills or yoga mats after using them, while the dining table stays permanently visible even if we use it less often. If we spend more time on a treadmill than at a dining table, he suggests, maybe we should rethink which objects deserve space in our homes.

A new attention to the outdoors
Sara Zewde, AD100 designer of Studio Zewde, New York, describes a shift in attitude about landscapes. People now understand they have the agency to shape their outdoor spaces just as they do their interiors. There is a big move away from lawns and high-maintenance landscapes toward things that need less care, like meadow mixes and growing from seed, working closely and patiently with the land to create a wilder look. In the post-Covid era people want to spend time outside, she says, so shade structures have become a big part of her work, because shade is what makes an outdoor space comfortable enough to live in.

Carlos Campos Morera, landscape designer and cofounder of Geoponika, Los Angeles, says people are more willing to get their hands dirty, becoming aware that as a homeowner you are part of the garden team. A great garden is usually defined by the person who watches it, which is normally the person who lives there. Water features are coming up a lot, Morera notes; there was a stigma because of water use, but done right they really do not increase water use much. He also urges thinking about sound in the garden, the revival of the wind chime or the noise certain plants make, whether that is bamboo, dried leaves or water features.

A shifting layout and the home office
Britt Moran, cofounder of Dimorestudio, Milan, says the domestic layout is becoming less hierarchical and more cinematic. Spaces are no longer read in sequence but in layers, sometimes connected visually, sometimes only perceptually. Primary suites, for instance, are increasingly conceived as almost autonomous worlds within the home, not separate but self-contained, with their own rhythm of light, materiality and silence. At the same time there is strong interest in secondary units, small independent architectures within or near the main house. These are not only functional extensions but spaces of emotional distance and return. What matters, in his words, is the possibility of proximity without overlap. The home becomes less about division and more about calibrated distances.

Toshiko Mori, of Toshiko Mori Architect, New York, says people are looking for places where they can work at home. It is not about having offices but more informal spaces, perhaps a breakfast table that converts into a workspace, or part of a bedroom that becomes a temporary workspace with a small table. No one is constricted to a static office environment anymore; it may be a small nook or a discreet spot. Lifestyle within the home has become more fluid, she says, so people are no longer doing just one thing in one room.

Mark Grattan, AD100 designer working across New York, Mexico City and Rio de Janeiro, points to another shift: people now have dedicated rooms for tea and coffee. It is not a living space but a separate room to grab your coffee in the morning, and also a way to keep electronics out of the kitchen. Colour is making a comeback too, he says. Everyone is trying to be authentic in their own way and pushing for individuality, with more colour, more prints, more warmth and less plastic and sterility.

Invisible technology and the return of the craftsman
Hugo Toro, AD100 designer in Paris, says we want smart technology to be more invisible, because it is no longer cool to see screens. Of course we still have to deal with ecological elements, like regulating heat and having smart houses, but we want to feel it and not see it. Toro adds that people want to return to natural materials and textures, working more with artisans. It is a return of the 1930s, he says, when people worked with craftspeople and techniques and showed the hand of the artisan. Not everything needs to be symmetrical or perfect.

Flack carries this same thinking further. He is not overly into techy houses, and loves the physical touch and sound of a light switch rather than a smart switch. You want to walk into your house and feel good, he says, and that happens when the home does not overwhelm you. You do not want to be locked out of your own house simply because you forgot to charge your phone.

What this means for you
• For homeowners and decorators: The momentum is shifting away from flashy smart gadgets toward calm, uncluttered spaces, wellness zones spread through the house and flexible workspaces, so you can steer your budget and planning in that direction.
• For renters and small homes: Turning a breakfast table into a workspace or adding a small table in a bedroom corner shows you can make a compact home far more useful without major spending.

Questions & Answers

1. What does "buddy block" mean?
According to Kulapat Yantrasast, it is the idea of the home as a collective where friends build a community together. You have your own home but also share a clubhouse with 10 friends.

2. What is changing about wellness in homes, according to these designers?
David Flack says homes now include full wellness areas like saunas, steam, cold plunge or hyperbaric chambers, and gyms are dispersed through the house with separate corners for lightweight exercises and yoga.

3. What is the new trend for working from home?
Toshiko Mori says people want informal spaces rather than dedicated offices, such as a breakfast table that converts into a workspace or part of a bedroom, so they are not confined to one static room.

4. Will future homes have more smart technology?
Hugo Toro says smart technology will remain but become more invisible, felt but not seen, while David Flack prefers the touch of a real light switch over a smart switch.

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