Modern design goes mainstream

LEAD PIX, PLACE AT BOTTOM OF PAG, BLOW BIG AND WRAP TEXT AROUND THE ROOF: Modern lines: Angular shapes, clean lines and minimal landscaping feature in what is being billed as the first modern tract home development in America. -- MCT photos

Why shouldn’t the reasonably priced average family home benefit from modern design?

AMERICAN architect Anthony Poon and developer Andrew Adler open a wire-bound inspiration notebook to a page with a series of images. The first shows an iPhone with the word “minimal” underneath. The second shows a streamlined sofa labeled “modern”. The third is a Prius with the notation “green”. The images are connected with plus symbols, so the series reads like a question: iPhone + modern sofa + Prius equals ?