25 Tropical Houses in Singapore and Malaysia_Paul McGillick_9780804844451_Tuttle Publishing

Author: Paul McGillick, Photographs by Patrick Bingham-Hall

Format:  Paperback | 224 pages

Dimensions: 229 x 305 x 20.32mm | 1,088.62g

Publication date:  02 Sep 2014

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.