The ground is sinking beneath the real estate market. Why, then, do we continue to see the construction of innovative new homes, from New York to Seattle, Austin to Nashville? The answer is a modern one.

Modern real estate, and the architects and designers that help to develop it, is thriving. It uses environmentally sound approaches and creates awe-inspiring work. Their techniques are more costly than traditional building methods, but the moral and aesthetic results are worth the price. And they leave a solid footprint on an otherwise sinking ground.

Nashville might not be a hub of modern real estate, but it’s getting there. Tales From the Road, a southern living magazine, recently described Nashville’s Ryan Thewes and his zigzag roof house.

Thewes, who specializes in organic architecture, designed this addition for his home in the Sylvan Park neighborhood and described the zig-zag roof as an outgrowth of his interior design goals.

“The forms were derived from the roof line,” Thewes explained. “The whole design was from the inside out.”

Essentially, Thewes built on top of a sun room he described as “useless space,” adding a bathroom/closet above it and a work space/studio above that. Thewes used the form and windows to achieve a balance between privacy and light for his work space.

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