Top Trends in Rooflight Design for Contemporary Homes

Once the more or less exclusive domain of the mountain chalet, thanks to manufactures like Brett Martin and MFT, rooflights have become more affordable and subsequently a staple of modern architecture that can be found in cities and towns worldwide. As they've grown more popular the variety of rooflights has also expanded providing home and business owners with an embarrassment of riches when it comes to selecting which style to use on their home or business. In this post, we'll look at the top trends in rooflight design for contemporary homes.

6 Types of Rooflights Trending With Contemporary Home Owners

The following represent the top trends in rooflight design for contemporary homes.

1: Frameless rooflights

There is no denying that contemporary architects have fully embraced the frameless rooflight. More and more homeowners are also installing frameless rooflights on their contemporary homes whether they are postmodern, minimalist, mid-century modern or some other style.

2: Sustainable rooflights

Everyone wants their home to be more energy-efficient and with contemporary homes energy efficiency is often baked right into the design. That can include the addition of rooflights with double or triple-glazed windows and low-emissivity coatings.

3: Dynamic glazing

Many contemporary homes these days are sporting newly installed rooflights with dynamic glazing in the form of photochromic glass. This type of glass where the degree of light filtering is variable can either be controlled by the touch of a button or can automatically adjust to changing conditions.

4: Custom shaped rooflights

Many contemporary homeowners are embracing the custom-shaped rooflight. That includes round rooflights, triangular rooflights and more that complement the overall design of the house better than standard rectangular rooflights could.

5: Rooflights integrated into the internet of things

The internet of things comprises tens of millions of appliances, door locks, security cameras and more that are all Internet-capable and can be controlled from the other side of the world via a smartphone app. Rooflights are not immune to this trend as more and more have remote control capability.

6: Rooflights with diffusion panels

Many contemporary homes are featuring rooflights with frosted glass or prismatic panels. These provide soft, even, diffuse lighting while also enabling privacy in bathrooms and bedrooms. 

To Learn More Get in Touch With Rooflights Roof Lanterns

Rooflights are beautiful, cost-effective, environmentally-friendly and they'll ramp up a home's kerb appeal to a significant degree, thereby bumping up the home's value in the process. To learn more about our rooflights give RLRL a call today on 020 8087 2004.

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