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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Images are beautiful bright and vivid. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> Houses are designed to give pleasure. The best houses in the tropics provide sensuous experiences of space design culture and nature. For centuries they have acted as an interface between the built world and tropical greenery centred around airy rooms open verandahs courtyards terraces and gardens. But how can the contemporary tropical Asian house be defined? Living in open harmony with nature is not always possible in the teeming cities of South and Southeast Asia and architecture is constantly changing in response to the demands of the modern world. The Tropical Asian House showcases twenty-seven outstanding houses that reflect the diverse contemporary lifestyles of tropical Asia. From Indonesia Malaysia the Philippines Singapore Thailand India and Sri Lanka this eclectic selection embraces styles both traditional and modern representing the work of some of today’s most talented architects. Designs by such well-known figures as Geoffrey Bawa and Charles Correa are featured here as well as the pioneering work of lesser known architects who are establishing their own cultural imprint. More than one hundred specially-taken photographs and numerous drawings diagrams and plans provide an exclusive tour around each house both interior and exterior. Robert Powell himself an architect living in Southeast Asia – and therefore uniquely placed to write on the subject – describes and analyzes each project focusing on his instinctive response to each house in its particular context. In the process he identifies how cultural influences affect the organization of spaces and how tradition religion Western ideas and the forces of globalization fuse together to produce a distinctive contemporary tropical architecture. An essential visual resource this book will be of interest to anyone in the architectural design or building professions. (MP)