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Tropical Houses: Living in Nature in Jamaica, Sri Lanka, Java, Bali, and the Coasts of Mexico and Belize
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Manufacturer: Clarkson Potter
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The ambient warmth of the tropics causes architectural distinctions between indoors and out to evaporate, along with the walls that divide them. Houses expand into the landscape, while the sights, sounds, and scents of nature waft through living spaces. Indeed, one of the pleasures of living in the tropics is an awakening of the senses that brings us closer to nature.
Internationally renowned photographer and writer Tim Street-Porter has spent more than ten years traveling through Bali, Java, Sri Lanka, Mexico, Belize, and Jamaica. This book's 272 stunning photographs, supported by Street-Porter's fascinating and informed commentary, capture the appeal and the meaning of the enviable dwellings he found in his journeys. It may be the outdoor bath, a sybarite's delight, with sun filtering through a frangipani tree . . . the deep-eaved verandah, where one sips coffee while contemplating the neighboring valley shrouded in early morning mist . . . or the thatch-roofed palapa, its main supports local tree trunks wrapped in strangler vine.
These wonderful expressions of vernacular architecture -- many the products of the world's finest architects and designers--nest in jungles, perch over volcanic cliffs, stand placidly beside lagoons, and exist always in harmony with the nature that envelops them. These are real places where people really live, but each seems suspended in a setting that is at once dreamlike and elemental.
PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS:
Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 728.370913
EAN: 9780517704622
ISBN: 0517704625
Label: Clarkson Potter
Manufacturer: Clarkson Potter
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 252
Publication Date: 2000-11-07
Publisher: Clarkson Potter
Release Date: 2000-11-07
Studio: Clarkson Potter
SIMILAR ITEMS:
• Tropical Modern
• Tropical Interiors
• Island Style: Tropical Dream Houses in Indonesia
• Bali Houses: New Wave Asian Architecture and Design
• Bali Modern: The Art of Tropical Living
CUSTOMER REVIEWS:
not a good book for getting design ideas - 
bought this as we are building a tommy bahama style house and was looking for design ideas. very week there and offered nothing in the way of design ideas but pretty pictures to look at once.
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The best of the best in photos and locale -
These luscious photos capture the beauty of the tropics in a way that someone who has really lived there would know. These homes are not just show pieces, they are lived in and loved.
I first bought the author's work almost thirty years ago-he was doing open doors and bikes against European doorsteps as postcards. The colors were just as defined as they are in this book. He has a feel for the sublime as well as the intracies of daily life.
Great book lots of good design ideas to steal! -
We are building a house in a tropical area and this book had some wonderful inspiring ideas. Best Tropical book out right now.
Island living -
Excellent book with something for all tastes. Beautiful pictures make you want to go home and decorate immediately.
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Beautiful and Exotic -
The cover is just a teaser to the exciting tropical houses Tim Street-Porter captures in this wondeful book. A real treat to exclusive tropical living around the world. Also an excellent reference to decorate in the tropical look. Street-Porter does it again as he did in Casa Mexicana. A book to enjoy over and over.
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