INSTEAD of conventional windows, this semi-detached house has an unusual frontage with a staggered, golden metal profile of scalloped panels and perforated screens. This two-storey “skin” actually ...

When Christopher Coleman of Miami based architecture studio Sanchez + Coleman stumbled upon a tropical modernist home for sale in DelRay Beach while on vacation, he jumped at the opportunity of a ...

The historic Florida Tropical House on Lake Michigan in Beverly Shores, Indiana, which was moved to its current location after Chicago’s 1933 Century of Progress World’s Fair, has come on the ...

Architects Melissa and Jacob Brillhart designed their Spring Garden house to harmonize with the surrounding foliage, with a nod to pre-air conditioning vernacular days. Claudia Uribe Originally ...

The tropical climate subverted and softened modernism into a new form – taking the formal qualities and essential concepts of modernism, yet adapting the style with local materials and techniques ...

Tropical Architecture for the 21st Century is the second in a series by BluPrint Magazine of the One Mega ... (one house in the Philippines is built to stand temblors beyond the magnitude of 8 ...

Kew Gardens has announced a net-zero renovation of its iconic Victorian glasshouses, the Palm House and Waterlily House, ...

A few weeks ago I introduced a new book, Tropical Architecture for the 21st Century, the second in a series on excellent Asian design by BluPrint magazine of the One Mega Group.

Many confuse the term tropical architecture with a particular design style. In reality, tropical architecture is all about achieving thermal comfort through the use of passive design elements like ...