As soon as you get a glimpse of these incredible houses nestled among lush tropical landscapes, you'll want to head straight to the airport. Author Tim Street-Porter spent more than 10 years traveling through Jamaica, Sri Lanka, Bali, Java, Mexico, and Belize, meeting the owners of these Shangri. In the tradition of the highly successful and groundbreaking Los Angeles House, Tim Street-Porter now takes us with him to the magnificent colour and flavour of Asia, Australia, Africa and Central America: into the homes (and a few secluded hotels) of the tropics.
The book's lavish photographs, supported by Street-Porter's fascinating and informed commentary, capture the appeal and the meaning. Tropical Houses showcases a compilation of house designs by an outstanding group of Indonesian architects. Highly illustrated and providing a wide scope in terms of design integrity, architectural sophistication and style, this book follows closely in the wake of its incredibly successful first volume, published in 2013, disclosing each.
A photographic display of inspiring designs for houses in tropical locations, by a range of Indonesian architects. A blend of details plans, sections and elevation drawings are featured, disclosing each architect's distinctive contribution to contemporary residential design. The ambient warmth of the tropics causes architectural distinctions between indoors and out to evaporate, along with the walls that divide them.
Houses expand into the landscape, while the sights, sounds, and scents of nature waft through living spaces. Indeed, one of the pleasures of living in the tropics is an awakening of the senses that brings us closer to nature. Internationally renowned.
From cozy, loft-style homes to palatial mansions, elegant retreats to functional family homes, this illustrated volume brings together a collection of the most inspirational tropical houses. These are timeless spaces where refined aesthetics and local materials, simplicity and grandeur, nature and architecture reside together in peaceful co. Lavishly illustrated with over 400 color photographs of houses in tropical regions that span the globe, this introduction to various residential styles and modes of construction highlights the work of both prominent and emerging architects.
In Central and South America, the Caribbean, Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, indigenous materials are used to create distinctive housing designs.