BlackBaron: You might need to credit the pic owners on skyscrapercity...

@ topic - Nice houses nonetheless but most interior decor have always been underwhelming or tackily extravagant.
I got my own radical ideas for interior decor; open plan living, stone cut(not marble) kitchen top and more. However the security situation means houses like this means potentially installing burglary proof which makes a house ugly in my opinion.

Architects too should push the boundary, some of their designs are a bit boring.

jason123: Courtesy of SSC, of course!

fellis: OP, where did you see that third picture?? That's my father's house!!!!!!!!!!

ismhab: PLEASE U SHOULD HELP US POST THE GHETTO HOUSES THAT ARE IN NIGERIA.

achi4u: did eroplane crash on top of that bulding.i like it

tjskii:

Wat r Ɣ☺U̶̲̥̅̊ talkin about that's my uncle's house jor,and he doesn't av any kids,so who Ɣ☺U̶̲̥̅̊ be

Tinax: l love the last one, will get thr soonest.

since_1914: I totally agree with the observations about interiors. It is sad when people beat their chest to say they built their house for N100-N200million. Yet when you enter these buildings, there is nothing to wow you about them. Government buildings are even the worst culprits. Visit some of our so called muti-stars hotels and you will be disappointed. The interiors lack character, you don't know if it is Contemporary style, Classical, Art Deco or Minimalist. They just lump everything together, creating a horrible collage of mis-matched elements.


I used to live and study in Italy where I got a Masters in Interior Architecture. I took for granted that my services will be hot cake in Nigeria, but On getting back to Nigeria. I found out that most nigerians will spend millions on blockwork but won't want to spend a quater of that on their Interiors.


Secondly, most people here still don't know what the whole concept of Interiors is all about. They wait until the entire building has being completed and plastered then, they call the Interior Architect to come and do the painting and POP. Not knowing that it goes way beyond that. Interior Design should include Spatial planning, circulation, space layout, Natural and artificial Lighting, furniture distribution etc. the Designer should be involved as soon as the floor plans are ready. He should be given a copy of the building plans to edit and input his own design right from the onset before construction commences.


It is important that the Designer is responsible for even the tinniest of details down to the location of light switches and dimmers. It is all of these tiny details that come together to give that wow factor to every interior. I know some clients are difficult to convince, but after a good project it shouldn't be a problem. I just finished a Restaurant in Asokoro, Abuja. And it was only after we completed the project that the client truly understood and appreciated what I had being saying all along.

since_1914: I totally agree with the observations about interiors. It is sad when people beat their chest to say they built their house for N100-N200million. Yet when you enter these buildings, there is nothing to wow you about them. Government buildings are even the worst culprits. Visit some of our so called muti-stars hotels and you will be disappointed. The interiors lack character, you don't know if it is Contemporary style, Classical, Art Deco or Minimalist. They just lump everything together, creating a horrible collage of mis-matched elements.


I used to live and study in Italy where I got a Masters in Interior Architecture. I took for granted that my services will be hot cake in Nigeria, but On getting back to Nigeria. I found out that most nigerians will spend millions on blockwork but won't want to spend a quater of that on their Interiors.


Secondly, most people here still don't know what the whole concept of Interiors is all about. They wait until the entire building has being completed and plastered then, they call the Interior Architect to come and do the painting and POP. Not knowing that it goes way beyond that. Interior Design should include Spatial planning, circulation, space layout, Natural and artificial Lighting, furniture distribution etc. the Designer should be involved as soon as the floor plans are ready. He should be given a copy of the building plans to edit and input his own design right from the onset before construction commences.


It is important that the Designer is responsible for even the tinniest of details down to the location of light switches and dimmers. It is all of these tiny details that come together to give that wow factor to every interior. I know some clients are difficult to convince, but after a good project it shouldn't be a problem. I just finished a Restaurant in Asokoro, Abuja. And it was only after we completed the project that the client truly understood and appreciated what I had being saying all along.

playboy19: Look at this neighborhood with Royce Royce Phantom covered up. Now that's what i call a Broke Country...

GAR3TH: Well with cheaper labor and cheaper cost of materials it is easier to build a bigger house in nigeria than to build or buy one abroad.

I wont be surprised if someone living in one of those hows was a plumber.

ismhab:
This one no be Nigeria.

GAR3TH: Well with cheaper labor and cheaper cost of materials it is easier to build a bigger house in nigeria than to build or buy one abroad.

I wont be surprised if someone living in one of those hows was a plumber.