{"product_id":"iconic-tropical-house","title":"Iconic Tropical House","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe best and most memorable tropical houses from the last fifty years.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \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\u003ci\u003eThe Iconic Tropical House\u003c\/i\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","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Iconic Tropical House","offer_id":46651753496773,"sku":null,"price":100.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/978-0-500-02701-1.jpg?v=1785654664","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/iconic-tropical-house","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}