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ISBN
9780804850353
Book Title
New Directions in Tropical Asian Architecture : India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand
Item Length
10 in
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing
Publication Year
2018
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
0.6 in
Author
Anoma Pieris, Philip Goad
Genre
Architecture
Topic
Interior Design / General, History / Contemporary (1945-), Individual Architects & Firms / General, Regional
Item Width
9 in
Item Weight
34.9 Oz
Number of Pages
240 Pages

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From three architecture industry experts comes a book nearly as sophisticated as the luxury homes profiled within. Inspired by new architectural agendas, such as rethinking congregational spaces and promoting a minimalist lifestyle, the luxury homes from across of Southeast Asia collected in this book dazzle with a bold new perspective on modern architecture. The 400 color photographs inside place you in beachfront scenes where the waves crash only inches from your feet; where you laze dreamily, jungle-side, in dazzling hotels; and finally, you come face to face with the most innovative concepts in all of Asia. With an additional 200 architectural plans to further inspire modern architecture aficionados, New Directions in Tropical Asian Architecture presents breathtaking specimens from throughout Southeast Asia, including: India Indonesia Malaysia Singapore Sri Lanka Thailand Let the luxury homes and residences in this book wow you, and open your eyes to a side of Southeast Asian architecture that you've never seen before.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Tuttle Publishing
ISBN-10
0804850356
ISBN-13
9780804850353
eBay Product ID (ePID)
239935942

Product Key Features

Book Title
New Directions in Tropical Asian Architecture : India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand
Author
Anoma Pieris, Philip Goad
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Interior Design / General, History / Contemporary (1945-), Individual Architects & Firms / General, Regional
Publication Year
2018
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Architecture
Number of Pages
240 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
10 in
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Width
9 in
Item Weight
34.9 Oz

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
Lc Classification Number
Na1460
Photographed by
Bingham-Hall, Patrick
Reviews
"It is Tropical Asia's ability to transform modern imperatives to suit its own ideological frameworks that makes its architecture exciting and different. In the post-national era, the new Asian citizen has left the dappled light of the tropical verandah for the reflected light of the shopping mall, the muted glow of the video arcade and the neon flicker of the city street. But how have the region's architects begun to programme, conceptualise, and design for this future? The works in this book go far in answering this question." -- Anoma Pieris, Associate Professor in Architecture, Melbourne School of Design, "Display the unique work of some of the most interesting and influential architects in India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Java and Bali... " -- Haven , Malaysia, "The rationale for an examination of new directions in tropical Asian architecture is not hard to find. First and foremost, it is simply overdue. Secondly, this book represents one step in opening up the region to greater scrutiny, to a greater embrace of its complexity. It provides documentation that will stimulate self-reflexive analysis, rather than analysis that is reliant on Western benchmarks of what is deemed to be good. And thirdly, the discourse which has recently arisen from this region has been mired in stereotype, and criticism has foundered on a singular focus on the 'tropical house' or 'tropical resort'." -- Philip Goad, Professor of Architecture and Deputy Dean in the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning at the University of Melbourne, "Eleven influential architects are profiled, many of them returnees to the region with an acute sense of where they came from ... " -- PostMagazine , Hong Kong
Copyright Date
2005
Dewey Decimal
720.95
Dewey Edition
23

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