Matthew Buquoi

Atlanta Leading Country in New Architecture



Posted: Thursday, May 22, 2008

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Flower Window Boxes

Despite the housing recession of 2008, custom homes and architecture are doing well in the Atlanta area. Home buyers are now have the upper hand to demand more for less. Many track homes are taking a hit in sales and the market has become saturated with too many "simple" houses. Track home builders are having to upgrade these simple homes to get their customers inside with curb appeal. Architectural accents such as window boxes, brackets, and other decorative millworks have done better than expected despite the decline in other areas of the industry.

With excellent housing growth in 2006, Forsyth county was one of the five fastest growing counties in the nation. Builders were flocking in and trying to get in on the action. Many builders decided to construct custom homes to separate themselves from the track builders and mainstream. Because of this the architectural style in the north Atlanta area has undergone a great transformation in style which has seen a fusion of many differet architectural genres. This new "fusion architecture" has been a hit and many custom homes have continued to sell strong during the recession due to their ability to outshine track homes in a buyers market. Many of the track home builders are having to upgrade their exteriors with window boxes and other accents to attract the buyers in. Many of them are now offering upgrades to the homes to try to be competitive.

Classic country-style homes, cedar shingles, and a mix of mission-style architecture are some of the highlights. The fusion architecture in Atlanta has resulted in houses with as many as four layers on the home ranging from rock to brick to siding to shingles. This unique architectural blend of variety has made Atlanta a hotspot for emerging architectural trends. Now, you can rarely find a boring custom home in Atlanta that offers simple repeated features all over the front. Because most custom homes in Atlanta are built on hills they are 2-story and this has given architects the freedom to expand into unique elevations that are not typical outside of the state. The new combination of custom homes and architectural styles has helped with the growth in the north Atlanta area and has helped combat the housing recession. "I believe that Atlanta is setting a trend in architecture for rest of America to follow. Atlanta is on the cutting edge right now and a great place to move and find custom homes," says Matt Buquoi, contractor and business partner with many builders in the area. "Custom homes in the north Atlanta area have revived architecture by brining in new elements and styles to make a new fusion of different architectural genres."."

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Matthew Buquoi is the owner of Flower Window Boxes, a window box company that specializes in custom no rot window boxes. He works with many custom home builders to help add curb appeal to their homes with window boxes and other architectural elements.
Matthew Buquoi is the owner of Flower Window Boxes, a manufacturer of no rot PVC window boxes. He has taken his life long love for gardening and landscaping and used his past experiences in woodworking and marketing to bring cutting edge products to the market at affordable prices. He has years of experience in designing, fabricating, installing, and planting window boxes.
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