Street-Porter, Tim

Tropical houses : living in natural paradise -with 270 colour illustrations / by Tim Street-Porter - London : Thames & Hudson, 2004. - 252 p. : col. ill.

Include index.

Contents : Chapter 1. Introduction-Designing in the Tropics - Vernacular Traditions - Colonial Style--Chapter 2. Jamaica-Good Hope - Woodstock- Itopia -Strawberry Hill-Round Hill-- Chapter 3. Sri Lanka-Charles Hulse Residence-Tangalle-the Sunhouse - Taprobane-Lununganga--Chapter 4. Java Omere-Cipicong--Chapter 5. Bali-The Bamboo House-Linda Garland House-Villa Bebok-Villa Agnes-Amir Rabik Compound-The Hardy Residence - Begawan Giri - The House at Isch-- Chapter 6. Mexico and Belize Casa Clark -Las Alamandas-Casa dos Estrellas - Casa Colibri - Casa Quebrada - Blancaneaux Lodge - Brignone

Internationally renowned photographer and writer Tim Street-Porter has spent more than ten years travelling through Bali, Java, Sri Lanka, Mexico, Belize and Jamaica. This book features photographs, supported by informed commentary, that capture the appeal of the enviable dwellings he found on his journeys.

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Architecture--Domestic--Tropics
Interior Decoration--Tropics

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