New Houses in Asia_Images Publishing_9781864708639_Images Publishing

Author: Images Publishing

Format:  Hardback | 256 pages

Dimensions: 212 x 280 x 30.48mm | 1,696.44g

Publication date:  01 Nov 2020

Designing modern homes across the Asia region comes with many different and varied challenges, from extreme heat and humidity, to cyclonic rain and winds, and even snow and earthquakes. This stunning edition showcases recent award-winning designs for houses in Asia, with details of how each architect met the various challenges faced, and how they responded to the various requirements imposed by the site's environment or local culture. Beautifully presented with full-colour images of award-winning architecture, the selection of houses provides a wealth of information: from how to design a multi-generation home to best practice for keeping the interior cool during the heat. This curated list of the best new and contemporary examples of modern designer houses in Asia charts important trends in modernity while providing an important guide to how architects meet the challenges, and forming an important reference guide. SELLING POINTS: Richly illustrated with full-colour photographs of award-winning houses from across the Asia region, from Japan to Singapore, and Vietnam to Malaysia Each project describes details of how challenges such as typhoons, heat, humidity or snow were successfully dealt with Includes more than 30 modern designer houses by award-winning and high-profile architects Provides a useful reference guide for residential architecture design in contemporary Asia