International Architect 4

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International Architect UIA3

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House in the American Tropics 3

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Casa no Vale das Araras in Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Brazil by arquitectos associados. Via plataforma architectura. Photography by Leonardo Finotti.

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House in the American Tropics 2

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Casa Grove in Florida by MATEU Architecture. Via contemporist. 

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House in the African Tropics 2

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One Acre Fund Housing

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House in the African Tropics 1

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Two Houses in Mauritius by Rethink Studio. Via Archdaily. Photography by Gordon Mackenzie-Kennedy.

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International Architect 2

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Life Cycles

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International Architect 1

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House in the Asian Tropics 5

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Because it's Tadao Ando—and his only known work in the tropics (I think).

House in the Asian Tropics 4

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Approach from west showing brick-vaulted entrance

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I first saw Wall House about 6 or 7 years ago in a book The New Asian House by Robert Powell. Located in Auroville, India, it's definitive of a house in the tropics—open and breezy during the hot, humid seasons while firm enough to withstand the harsh monsoons. The aesthetics is muted and material palette limited, with reinforced concrete as its bones and bricks as its flesh. Other natural materials are used as well—wood for fenestrations and furnishings, stones in ledges.
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Pottery used as floor forms

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Cantilever bedroom with jalousie windows

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Open-to-sky bath

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Living room with bi-folding doors and windows

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Approach from east

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