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PAGE 2 PAGE 2 Sendi Int. Journal for Housing Science, Vol.32, No.4 pp. 301-309, 2008 Published in the United States RECENT TRENDS IN SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE DESIGN: IS THE CHARACTERISTIC SLOVENIAN TRADITIONAL HOUSE UNDER THREAT? R. Sendi Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia Slovenia ABSTRACT Throughout the years, it has always been possible to identify specific forms of architectural design of family houses that are authentic to specific regions of Slovenia. These characteristic forms present some of the important historical morpho!ogical elements that mark the individual identity of the different territorial regions. In recent- years, however, there has been a noticeable change in the way family houses are being designed. New, completely different architectural designs are rapidly replacing the previous characteristic forms. The results of our survey show that these ‘modern’ design approaches, initially introduced in urban and suburban areas, are rapidly spreading to countryside and rural areas. OJ d farm-houses are being tom down arid replaced by new buildings of entirely ‘foreign’ design. We argue that, if allowed to continue unchecked, these processes present a danger of traditional architectural designs becoming extinct ih the near future. Key words: Single-family house, self-build, architectural design, built environment, housing standards. 0146-6518/04/ 301-309, 2008 Copyright?2008 IAHS Introduction House building in Slovenia is characterised by two main housing typologies. On the one hand is the construction of individual family homes, dispersed at very low density, and on the other is the organised housing construction of housing estates, predominantly consisting of blocks of flats and high-rise buildings at high density. The latter used to be referred to as social housing before most of the dwellings in these housing estates were sold off to the sitting tenants during the privatisation process in the early 1990s. This discussion focuses