Title: 25 Tropical Houses in Singapore and Malaysia
ISBN: 978 0 7946 0388 5
Pages: 224
Format: 235 x 310 mm Hardback
Price: US $44.95

Text by Paul McGillick
Edited by Patrick Bingham-Hall
Photographs by Patrick Bingham-Hall

Positioned as a global city at the hub of South East Asia, Singapore now has a thoroughly modern sensibility mediated 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. Singapore houses create pleasure from the tropical climate… they work with the landscape and the climate to generate architectural pleasure. A new wave of highly distinctive architecture has seen Singapore recognized, for the first time, as one of the world’s most dynamic architectural centres.

Malaysian Architecture retains a greater interest in vernacular forms, but the nation’s strong economic growth has seen a comparable will to radically re-cast the urban landscape, in order to accommodate the ‘brave new world’ of an affluent technocratic society. The most interesting houses in Malaysia reflect a balance between traditional values and an optimistic global outlook.

The 25 best houses and condominiums by a dynamic new generation of architects are displayed in this book. Architects featured include SCDA, WOHA, Bedmar & Shi, CSYA, Kevin Low, K2LD, Seksan, WOW Architects and John Heah. Each house is lavishly illustrated with all new photography by Patrick Bingham-Hall.