25 Tropical Houses in Singapore & Malaysia – 9780804844451 – Periplus Ori Book

Cover Material: Paperback
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Publish Date : 2014-09-02
Author: McGillick, Paul
ISBN-13 : 9780804844451
English
Pages : 224

Description:

The difference between a house and a home cannot easily be explained, but anyone walking into a building that is a home, rather than a house, can almost immediately feel the difference. While called 25 Tropical Houses in Singapore and Malaysia, this book is at its heart about buildings that share a common spirit: structures that are home to a diverse cross-section of families around Singapore and Malaysia. Positioned as a global city at the hub of South East Asia, Singapore has a thoroughly modern sensibility balanced by an inherited culture and sense of place. This new global consciousness is reflected in its architecture, which demonstrates a seamless marriage of vernacular and modernist forms.