HOUSE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY - IMPORTADO

The houses featured in this book are from Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand. This region is marked by a history of climate-responsive architecture, with the single detached villa as the most valued model for housing. It is also marked by extreme disparities between wealth and poverty, and by the legacies of colonial occupation. The search for an independent cultural identity, and for n architecture that is emblematic of that identity, is a recurring characteristic of the region. The search for an independent cultural identity, and for an architecture that is emblematic of that identity, is a recurring characteristic of the region. The architecture examined in this book is refreshing, and fashioned directly by political, social and climatic pressures, together with powerful individual ideas, resulting in a wide range of formal responses