25 Tropical Houses of the Philippines features top Filipino architects and designers with ideas that are stylish; contemporary; and show twenty-first century savvy. The Philippines has long been known for creative designs and furniture and for the sill of its artisans in crafting modern products from traditional materials. This book takes a giant step forwardmdash;into the realm of modern architecture and interior design. Twenty-five stunning homes showcase the best of residential design by a number of outstanding Filipino architects and designers. It offers a tour of stunning structures ranging from gracious pavilion-houses in elite subdivisions of Manila to elegant vacation homes of Batangas and Mindoro.Blending the graceful proportions of Asian design forms with the rigorous discipline and modernization of Western architecture; the houses retain an affinity with natural materialsmdash;warm hardwoods; rustic stone and slate; earthy clay and tilemdash;at the same time introducing innovative use of glass; concrete; steel; and aluminum. Water elements and lush tropical gardens complete the transition from traditional conventions to Asian architectural fusion and international modernist trends.
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3 of 8 people found the following review helpful. insanityBy B. RodgersI have not read this book but did see an article on Yahoo entitled "Polluting pets: the devastating impact of mans best friend" where it states among other things that "mans best friend could be one of the environments worst enemies". "owning a dog is really quite an extravagance. mainly because of the carbon footprint of meat" (which dogs eat). "cats and dogs devastate wildlife. spread disease and pollute waterways". "keeping your cat indoors at night when it has a particular thirst for other. smaller animals blood". "make sure your animal is duel purpose the Vales urge. Get a hen...or rabbit. prepared to make the ultimate environmental sacrifice by ending up on the dinner table". I think the problem would be solved if we just ate the Vales.
