TY - BOOK AU - Powell, Robert, 1942- TI - The modern Thai house [electronic resource]: innovative design in tropical Asia SN - 9781462910298 PY - 2012/// CY - Tokyo, Rutland, Vt. PB - Tuttle Publishing ; Publishers Group UK [distributor] KW - Architecture, Domestic KW - History KW - Thailand KW - Architecture, Modern N1 - he modern Thai house Aurapin house DKFF house Three parallel house Baan Taab 1 Harirak house House Jang Transverse convergence house Bunker house Trop V house Open house II Serenity Villa Noi Laemsingh villa No. 1 Dama Zamya Yellow hole house Baan Jew Soi Wat Umong house Case de umbrella Carol Grodzins' house L71 house Acharapan house Komkrit house Lampyris The other residence Sumet Jumsai studio Select bibliography/architects directory Acknowledgments N2 - A tremendous body of sophisticated and sensitively designed architectural work has been produced in Thailand in the first decade of the 21st century. The 25 houses in The Modern Thai House illustrate the radical new ideas coming from a dynamic younger generation of architects who are producing work comparable with and sometimes even surpassing the very best architecture in the world. Most of these architects were trained in the U.S. or U.K. and reflect not only American and European sensibilities but also affinities with their contemporaries in Asia --including Japan, China, Singapore, and Bali--all hotbeds for innovation in modern design. The houses in this book are readily accessible from Bangkok, Phuket, and Chiangmai. They reflect a wide variety of concerns and solutions, such as: sustainability; responses to climate; strategies for cooling with minimal electricity; openness versus security in a large metropolis such as Bangkok; cultural sensitivity and responsiveness, as evidenced in a "three-generation house," built for a society in which the extended family is still prevalent; and cultural memory, as in the use of elements such as pilings, verandahs, and steeply pitched roofs with large overhangs that echo traditional Thai designs ER -