The sustainable Asian house / Paul McGillick ; photography by Masano Kawana.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McGillick, Paul, author.

Contributor:

Kawana, Masano, photographer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ecological houses--Southeast Asia.

Ecological houses.

Sustainable architecture--Southeast Asia.

Sustainable architecture.

Southeast Asia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (405 p.)

Distribution:

Clarendon, Vermont : Tuttle Publishing, [date of distribution not identified]

Place of Publication:

Tokyo, Japan : Tuttle Publishing, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Today's byword is sustainability, and in few arenas is that more evident than in architecture. The Sustainable Asian House celebrates the new architectural vocabulary of environmental, social, and cultural sustainability as it is now emerging in Southeast Asia, specifically Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and the Philippines.The houses in this book are an exciting representation of the region's reinterpretation of tropical architecture and its growing interest in traditional materials and craftsmanship. There is a new emphasis on fresh air, natural light, and spatial variety. Designe

Contents:

Cover; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION: THE STORY OF SUSTAINABILITY; THAILAND; PRACHACHUEN HOUSE, KANOON STUDIO; EQUILIBRIUM HOUSE, VASLAB ARCHITECTURE; EKAMAI HOUSE, CHAT ARCHITECTS; BANGKOK HOUSE, SCOTT WHITTAKER; MALAYSIA; CARPHENIE HOUSE, DESIGN COLLECTIVE ARCHITECTS; KUBIK HOUSE, MARRA + YEH ARCHITECTS; HOUSE AT DAMANSARA, RT+Q ARCHITECTS; TING HOUSE, WOOI ARCHITECT; SINGAPORE; BROOKVALE APARTMENT, TRISTAN AND JULIANA STUDIO; THE COPPER HOUSE, CSYA; FOURTH AVENUE HOUSE, RICHARD HO ARCHITECTS; A HOUSE IN THREE MOVEMENTS, RT+Q ARCHITECTS; THE WINGED HOUSE, K2LD

CAIRNHILL SHOPHOUSE, RICHARD HO ARCHITECTSCOVE GROVE HOUSE 1, AAMER ARCHITECTS; COVE GROVE HOUSE 2, BEDMAR & SHI; THE PARTY HOUSE, W ARCHITECTS; INDONESIA; BRAWIJAYA HOUSE, HAN AWAL ARCHITECTS; SENJAYA HOUSE, RT+Q ARCHITECTS; R HOUSE, BUDI PRADONO ARCHITECTS; RUMAH TINGGAL PRAJA, D-ASSOCIATES; HOUSE 2, TANAH TEDUH, ANDRA MATIN ARCHITECT; THE PHILIPPINES; PARAÑAQUE HOUSE, ATELIER SACHA COTTURE; BATANGAS HOUSE, ARCHIPELAGO ARCHITECTS; VIDAL HOUSE, RENATO VIDAL; GOLF COURSE HOUSE, LOR CALMA DESIGN; BOUGAINVILLEA HOUSE, C/S ARCHITECTURE; THE ARCHITECTS AND DESIGNERS; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSCopyright; Back Cover

Notes:

"Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 12, 2014).

ISBN:

0-8048-4897-1

1-4629-1352-0

OCLC:

874101253