{"product_id":"the-iconic-tropical-house-9780500027011","title":"The 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBingham-Hall, Patrick:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003ePatrick Bingham-Hall\u003c\/strong\u003e is based in Sydney, Australia, and has published over fifty books on architecture, design, landscape, and urban planning, including \u003cem\u003eWOHA: New Forms of Sustainable Architecture\u003c\/em\u003e.","brand":"Thames \u0026 Hudson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51661360955666,"sku":"9780500027011","price":46.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_871d4a48-dbad-4569-9f37-101fb09883d3.jpg?v=1760441409","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-iconic-tropical-house-9780500027011","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}