ᐅ Examples of Bauhaus Style or Cubic Architecture

Searching for "duplex flat roof" in Google Images does produce some results.

hejohejo schrieb:

Of course, we have already searched extensively on the web, but we were not really satisfied with the results.

Then I’m afraid that this is probably not really the style you want.

@hejohejo ... then you might want to specify more clearly what made you unhappy ... because no one here has a crystal ball.

I’ll give it a try. Most of the flat-roofed semi-detached houses you find online have a setback floor (2.5 stories), which generally looks quite good. However, we will only be able to afford two full stories, and most flat-roofed semi-detached houses look like two cubes stuck side by side. We were simply hoping for some architectural elements to break up this cubic look a bit (projections, recesses, color accents). Anyone can easily google this, which wasn’t our goal — we were hoping for suggestions from people who faced similar challenges (possibly with their own example photos), as that’s what makes a forum valuable. However, I notice there aren’t many people here who have built with flat roofs.

If you don’t want two cubes stuck directly next to each other, avoid visually separating the front facade. This will elongate the appearance. You could add accents by combining a carport with a canopy over the respective entrance and/or balconies/terraces. A more creative approach would be to abandon symmetry around the central vertical axis of the building front.

Is it already clear who will be moving into which part? Are the occupants’ needs identical?

hejohejo schrieb:
We were simply hoping for a few architectural elements to break up the cube a bit (protrusions, recesses, color accents).

Such attempts at a “poor man’s variation” usually backfire or, at best, produce results that would be described in a performance review as “made an effort.” Trying to create a “Bauhaus” style without having a “green thumb” often results in a cheap, DIY-store look. Insisting from the start that the building massing “must” look good often leads to too little effort and never to satisfaction.

hejohejo schrieb:
But I notice that there aren’t many people here who have built with a flat roof.

Because it is often desired but then dropped when the owners hear the prices. All of the examples you mentioned for preventing a flat roof from looking like a missing or omitted roof come with significant costs; in addition, the flat roof (along with the hipped roof) is not an economical roof type.

hejohejo schrieb:
We want a cubic flat-roof house (this is required in the development plan / planning permission).

What exactly does it say there? The worst-case mental image that laypeople get when reading “flat roof” in a development plan—thinking that without forced twists or gimmicks it will result in a deadly boring shoebox—is rarely realized in reality.

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