The difference between a house and a home cannot easily be explained, but anyone walking into a building that is a home, rather than a house, can almost immediately feel the difference. While called 25 Tropical Houses in Singapore and Malaysia, this book is at its heart about buildings that share a common spirit: structures that are home to a diverse cross-section of families around Singapore and Malaysia. Positioned as a global city at the hub of South East Asia, Singapore has a thoroughly modern sensibility balanced by an inherited culture and sense of place. This new global consciousness is reflected in its architecture, which demonstrates a seamless marriage of vernacular and modernist forms.

Author Biography

Paul McGillick has a Master of Architecture degree from the University of NSW and a Master of Arts from the University of Sydney. He is the author of Alex Popov: Buildings and Projects and Sydney Architecture. Patrick Bingham-Hall is an architectural photographer and the editor of Pesaro Publishing.