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Trends in architecture and interior design have never been static. They brew in the shadows, slowly seep into our lives, and suddenly completely transform the way we inhabit the world. Since 2020, the way we think about our homes has changed dramatically: flexible spaces, natural materials, and designs for human well-being have taken centre stage. But 2025 promises to go even further. Aesthetics and functionality are no longer enough: design becomes an act of social and environmental responsibility.

 

1. Yes to industrialisation

If 2025 teaches us anything, it is that prefabrication is no longer synonymous with standardisation but a canvas for creativity. Industrialising architecture is an efficient and sustainable solution without implying the loss of craftsmanship, identity, and quality. We will also see prefabricated or industrialised objects supported by hand-sculpted pieces of stone or blown glass luminaires based on industrialised metal parts.

Projects like El Recer, a Valencian Ubiko home, demonstrate that industry and high-end design combine perfectly. Through our Ubiko brand, we have merged the industrialised concrete construction system with local craftsmanship, achieving unique, welcoming and deeply human spaces. Industrialised architecture is no longer limited to the functional; it now expresses style, sensibility and ecology.

2. Sustainable materials: back to basics

The future of architecture lies not only in innovation but also in the return to the essential. Sustainability is an unavoidable necessity. By 2025, the use of materials with a low carbon footprint, such as local woods, cork, wool, or cotton, will be consolidated. Construction, responsible for 70% of CO2 emissions, must reinvent itself, and precast concrete is emerging as a viable and sustainable alternative.

Thanks to the use of prefabricated systems, what is known as a sustainable wheel is emerging: by building the structure in the factory, time is optimised, waste generated on site is reduced, and travel is minimised. In this way, a direct contribution is made to reducing the carbon footprint while safety on site is exponentially increased.

3. The final farewell to extreme minimalism

Minimalism has dominated interior design for decades with its promise of serenity and order. But 2025 marks the end of the ‘less is more’ hegemony. It is not a return to chaos or visual saturation but a balance: colour is no longer a purely decorative element but is born of the material itself. Monochromatic spaces give way to homes that reflect the personality of their inhabitants, with vibrant objects, elaborate textures and a greater presence of greenery.

Colourful objects and ‘rococo’ textures are introduced into simple spaces. The opposite is also true: straighter lines and more astounding materials, such as stainless steel, are chosen in spaces that, by nature, have visually heavy materiality, with patterned papers or boucle wool.

4. Towards barrier-free spaces: the end of hallways

The homes of 2025 also challenge traditional structures. If the opening up of the kitchen, dining room, and living room a few years ago was a revolution, now the next step suggests eliminating corridors for good. The focus is on more fluid dwellings, where privacy and climate control come into question when ‘closed rooms’ are transformed: boundaries are blurred, private areas are integrated into the common areas, and the home distribution is adapted to the new living forms.