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hether designed to embrace
ropical Modernism House
Wor enclose, every building
exists within unique cultural and
environmental conditions. Specifically
designed to address a range of natural
elements, tropical architecture focuses
on issues of ventilation, integration
and climate. Made to reorganize
and contrast with their surroundings,
these projects showcase the tension

between functional structures and
organic contexts. They are designs that
are defined by materials and building
envelopes.

Building off our recent article on
tropical modernist cultural projects,
we’re turning our attention to
residential projects. While the designs
are also free of ornamentation and
T favor rational detailing, the projects

more closely center on intimate
connections at multiple scales. Built
around human experience, these
residences expand spatial boundaries
to structure light and environment
around daily life. Located across four
continents, each tropical residence
utilizes modernist ideas to create open,
picturesque places to live.