Tropical Home
Inspirational Design Ideas
Published on 13. March 2012
144 pages
978-1-4629-0607-9 (ISBN)
Description
This Asian interior design and architecture book showcases the best luxury homes and interior spaces of the Pacific region.
Asia has emerged in the last couple of decades as the global leader in tropical villa design. With innovative indoor/outdoor architecture engineered to facilitate relaxed, al fresco lifestyles, there are myriad solutions to suit every taste and pocket. Featuring hundreds of homes, garden estates, hotels, restaurants and more from India to Indochina, Indonesia to Sri Lanka, the design book gives a tantalizing glimpse of the latest trends for tropical wannabe decorators.
Full-color photography of interiors and exteriors, garden features, pools and pavilions, as well as decorative details and fashion forward furniture, is accompanied by insightful text that traces past history and present trends, and predicts what is to come, design wise, in the future.
Asia has emerged in the last couple of decades as the global leader in tropical villa design. With innovative indoor/outdoor architecture engineered to facilitate relaxed, al fresco lifestyles, there are myriad solutions to suit every taste and pocket. Featuring hundreds of homes, garden estates, hotels, restaurants and more from India to Indochina, Indonesia to Sri Lanka, the design book gives a tantalizing glimpse of the latest trends for tropical wannabe decorators.
Full-color photography of interiors and exteriors, garden features, pools and pavilions, as well as decorative details and fashion forward furniture, is accompanied by insightful text that traces past history and present trends, and predicts what is to come, design wise, in the future.
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Designing A Tropical Dream Home
- The Tropical Living Room
- Modular Sofa Solutions
- Brining the Outside In
- The Warmth of Wood
- Neutral Zone
- Eastern Opulence
- Tangerine Dream
- Vietnam Ease
- Serendipitous Sri Lanka
- Pretty in Pink
- Sleeping in the Tropics
- Fabulous Four Posters
- Monochrome Magic
- Robinson Crusoe Nights
- Thai Style, High Style
- Pattern Power
- Running Commentary
- Luxe Lounging
- Delicate Embroidery
- Chinese Nights
- Dining in the Tropics
- Tropical Modern
- Indigo Nights
- Low Level Dining
- A Taste of Tradition
- The Great Outdoors
- Tropical Tables, Casual Dining
- Lacquer Wares: Past and Present
- Contemporary Ceramics
- The Tropical Bathroom
- Outdoor Bathing
- The Spa at Home
- Retro Reflections
- White Ceramics, Wood Accents
- Liquid Assets
- The Space Age
- The Tropical Pool
- Infinite Possibilities
- Free Form Pools
- Cubes of Cool
- Night Lights
- The Pavilion by the Pool
- Poolside Plantings
- Poolside Furniture
- The Tropical Garden
- Water Features and Ponds
- Garden Walkways
- Sitting Pretty
- New Directions in Tropical Furniture
- Garden Sculptures and Accents
- Acnkowledgments
