Tropical Asian Style

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Inspired by romantic visions of the Far East, scores of tropical dream houses have been built In exotic locations throughout Southeast Asia, In places as disparate as Bali and Bandung, Phuket and Singapore. This volume takes an Intimate look at more than 70 of Southeast Asia's finest contemporary residences, each representing a particular style and approach to elegant tropical living. Breezy living rooms opening onto spacious verandahs and lush gardens, elegantly appointed bedrooms with antique furnishings and hand-woven fabrics—each home Is an Inspired and individual example of tropical Asian style.
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Tropical Asian Style contains over 400 colour photos by the world-renowned photographer Luca Invernizzl Tettoni. Well-known architects, designers and authorities on Asia's cultural heritage describe the houses and their design elements. A separate section provides useful information on Asian fabrics, furniture and artefacts.
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Fülszöveg

Inspired by romantic visions of the Far East, scores of tropical dream houses have been built In exotic locations throughout Southeast Asia, In places as disparate as Bali and Bandung, Phuket and Singapore. This volume takes an Intimate look at more than 70 of Southeast Asia's finest contemporary residences, each representing a particular style and approach to elegant tropical living. Breezy living rooms opening onto spacious verandahs and lush gardens, elegantly appointed bedrooms with antique furnishings and hand-woven fabrics—each home Is an Inspired and individual example of tropical Asian style.
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Tropical Asian Style contains over 400 colour photos by the world-renowned photographer Luca Invernizzl Tettoni. Well-known architects, designers and authorities on Asia's cultural heritage describe the houses and their design elements. A separate section provides useful information on Asian fabrics, furniture and artefacts.
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Tropical Asian Style is the first book to showcase contemporary residences throughout Southeast Asia-from Chiang Mai to Bali, Kuala Lumpur to lava. Over 70 houses are featured In more than 20 different locations In Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.
Each home is designed to achieve perfect harmony with its tropical surroundings. In this book, the essential design elements of these homes are presented thematlcally, to show the various ways in which such harmony can be achieved— through the use of verandahs, outdoor pavilions, refreshing pools and elegantly decorated bedrooms, bathrooms and living areas that open onto lush tropical gardens.
Superbly hand-crafted fabrics and furnishings are an Important hallmark of the finest Southeast Asian homes. Silks, batiks, terracotta tiles and lacquer-ware from Thailand and Indonesia, stone garden sculptures from Bali and antique furniture from lava, are only some examples of the many beautiful Items examined and illustrated in this book. Vissza