Book Description
Out with the cool, in with the hot. These houses by such luminaries as Oscar Niemeyer, Gio Ponti, Geoffrey Bawa,
and Isay Weinfeld are a perfectly seamless continuum of indoor-outdoor space. The author has traveled the globe
to bring together a collection of luxurious modern homes that combine modern technology with local, often exotic
materials to produce rich designs of wood, metal, stucco, and glass. Water and breezeways figure prominently, and
"green" eco-conscious features emerge naturally from the tropical design environment.
This is a sophisticated survey of modern houses with open floor plans, exterior courtyards, sunny patios, and cool
stucco surfaces all touched by the exotic flavors of their tropical locales. The combination of modern architectural
form and tropical settings is extending and revitalizing modernism as never before.
Tropical Modern,Raul A. Barreneche,Rizzoli,0847825795,Architecture,Domestic,General,International Architecture - General,Architecture / General
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