The modern Thai house : innovative design in tropical Asia / Robert Powell ; photography by Albert Lim KS.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Powell, Robert, 1942-

Contributor:

Lim, Albert K. S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture, Domestic--Thailand.

Architecture, Modern--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 p.)

Place of Publication:

Tokyo ; Rutland, Vt. : Tuttle Pub., c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

[A tremendous body of sophisticated and sensitively designed architectural work has been produced in Thailand in the first decade of the 21st century. The 25 houses in The Modern Thai House illustrate the radical new ideas coming from a dynamic younger generation of architects who are producing work comparable with and sometimes even surpassing the very best architecture in the world.] Most of these architects were trained in the U.S. or U.K. and reflect not only American and European sensibilities but also affinities with their contemporaries in Asia?including Japan, Chin

Contents:

FRONT FLAP; HALF TITLE; TITLE PAGE; FRONT COVER; CONTENTS; THEMODERNTHAIHOUSE; AURAPIN HOUSE; DKFF HOUSE; THREE PARALLEL HOUSE; BAAN TAAB 1; HARIRAK HOUSE; HOUSE JANG; TRANSVERSE CONVERGENCE HOUSE; BUNKER HOUSE; TROP V HOUSE; OPEN HOUSE II; SERENITY; VILLA NOI; LAEMSINGH VILLA NO. 1; DAMA zAMYA; YELLOW HOLE HOUSE; BAAN JEW; SOI WAT UMONG HOUSE; CASA DE UMBRELLA; CAROL GRODZINS' HOUSE; L71 HOUSE; ACHARAPAN HOUSE; KOMKRIT HOUSE; LAMPYRIS; THE OTHER RESIDENCE; SUMET JUMSAI STUDIO; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; ARCHITECTS DIRECTORY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; THE TUTTLE STORY; BACK FLAP; BACK COVER

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-4629-1029-7

OCLC:

814705897