tropical house
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5 inspiring architecture and design books that span decades of innovation
Embark on a visual and intellectual journey through architectural excellence and rethinking of tropical living.
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RSDA brings Chandigarh to the Delhi suburbs in this family home
Transplanting the essence of one Indian capital city into another, RSDA has retrofitted a family home with a finely tuned focus on colour, material and furniture.
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Light House by Studio iF honours its ’80s heritage in the redesign
Studio iF observed a restrained approach for this 1980s intermediate terrace house, treating the original property with sensitivity and respect rather than erase its architectural identity.
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Dated ‘60s house renovated into a modern family home that embraces the great outdoors
Quod Architects designs an environmentally-sustainable ‘outdoor house’ fit for Singapore’s tropical climate, marrying nature and the man-made, present and future.
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Living Grid House uses window boxes and plants as a clever solution to heat and privacy
Designed with a contemporary gridded form, the aptly named Living Grid House by L Architects deals with Singapore’s tropical climate in a clever manner.
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Terrace house with split-levels, skylights and indoor gardens
Formwerkz Architects employs a medley of judicious manoeuvres to create a light-filled, interactive terrace house filled with the pleasantries of plants.
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Linghao Architects designs an atypical tropical house
A roof that drips, windows with no glass, a stair between patches of grass – Linghao Architects’ renovation to a house in Singapore allows its occupants to live with nature’s vicissitudes.
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MAKK Architects imparts humanistic qualities to the House at Jalan Seruling
The House at Jalan Seruling, described by the owner as a “house that breathes”, is an emotive spatial outcome by MAKK Architects that integrates structure, activity, and the language of architecture.
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Czarl Architects designs 3 Ash House as a series of interconnected villas
Embodying the idea of a tropical retreat, 3 Ash House in Singapore is a singular design for a particular client.
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Gwen Tan on the art of living in the tropics
Gwen Tan is an architect with an illustrious career, designing homes that not only make a statement in their manipulation of form, but also in the way they respond to the owners, “adapting and evolving” over time.
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The Beauty Of Béton Brut Extolled In The Concrete Light House
HYLA Architects’ Concrete Light House reinterprets the tropical house with concrete as an endearing protagonist.
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From The INDE Shortlist: Cloister House By Formwerkz Architects And S H MOK
In Johor Bahru, Malaysia, Formwerkz Architects and S H MOK reinterpret traditional courtyards and vernacular tropical forms with a vast cloistered home.
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A Tropical House In Singapore’s High-Density Suburbs By Timur Designs
An exposed corner site in Kembangan provided an opportunity for Timur Designs to further its exploration of the tropical Asian house with an inward-focused semi-detached home.