{"product_id":"iconic-tropical-house","title":"Iconic Tropical House","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis stunningly illustrated volume presents forty-five of the most interesting tropical houses of the last fifty years, surveying India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia, and northern Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor Patrick Bingham-Hall sets the houses in context, arguing that climate, colonization, and modernism, as well as geopolitical events, increasing prosperity, and even air-conditioning since the end of World War II, have created a very specific set of circumstances and therefore houses. This includes buildings with pitched roofs, broad overhangs and eaves, verandas, big doors, and windows, which optimize airflow and solar orientation. Larger-than-life, open to the elements, this is soaring architecture with a strong sense of place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Iconic Tropical House\u003c\/em\u003e shows readers that this is architecture that's inherently environmentally attuned and innately sustainable. It's also a book of lush, jaw-dropping houses that seamlessly blend indoor and out, in locations anyone would want to visit.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Patrick Bingham-Hall","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47288589648108,"sku":"9780500027011","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9780500027011.jpg?v=1770564916","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/iconic-tropical-house","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}