Houses with modern style have increased rapidly lately in Indonesia, supported by modern lifestyle in our society. This modern lifestyle has its own rule wide spread, like the influence in the style of houses. Modern has the meaning of 'recent time'. In houses design, it means 'the latest style'. Even so, postmodernism is also developing, even though it is not so rapidly like the modern one does.

Of these modern style houses, there are specialties like like the use of certain finishing, like exposed wall, unpainted wall, etc. The use of details are minimum, following 'less is more', the less, the better.

The modern style in Indonesia has also divided into more specific styles like natural modern, minimalism, chic style, etc. Each has its own design criteria.