Tropical Houses

This title features a stunning array of the most ambitious examples of residential design in the tropics. From a small and elegant dwelling on a remote island to a luxurious holiday residence set in a spectacular landscape from Brazil to Florida, from Bali to Singapore Tropical Houses brings together a collection of exotic environments designed by well-known architectural firms as well as interesting approaches by local architects. The houses featured in this volume embrace the tropical lifestyle with open-air rooms, shady courtyards, sunny patios, and cool stucco walls. Exotic local materials and eco-conscious features are a seamless response to the settings of many of the featured houses.

From the content:

_Pacuare Lodge in Turrialba, Costa Rica (Roberto Fernandez and Daniel Peyer)
_Marcus Beach House in Queensland, Australia (Bark Design Architects)
_Devoto House in Buenos Aires, Argentina (Andres Remy Arquitectos)
_Villa of a Million Stars in Koh Tao, Thailand (Saenz de Santamaria Designs)
_Sun House in Galle, Sri Lanka (Taru)

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-existence.

Tropical Houses presents a stunning array of the most ambitious examples of recent residential architecture and design in the tropical regions of this world, from Brazil to the Caribbean, from Bali to Singapore. Each architect featured here, renowned designers as well as innovative newcomers, has produced an architectural masterpiece. It is an invitation to dream – and to believe in the possibility of that dream becoming reality.