Hello pjb50-ga:
I've assembled a long list of photos and sketches of homes (many of
them located in Asia or Australia), designed for tropical climates.
(You'll notice I did include the names of designers and/or builders
related to, or sponsors of, these links. I am required to identify the
name of each Web site I list.)
I hope some of these home designs appeal to your taste and needs.
From the site ABC North Queensland:
http://www.abc.net.au/northqld/stories/s812661.htm
Australia's Beach Style Homes Pty. Ltd. has an extensive online gallery of
mostly sketches and some photos, at :
http://www.beachstylehomes.com.au/gallery/index.php
and
http://www.beachstylehomes.com.au/plans.php
The Building Designer's Association of Australia:
http://www.bdaa.com.au/
has online galleries of home designs: bring up those up by clicking
Visit the BDA Design Gallery , then select "Residential." (Click
images to enlarge.)
AutoCad Design and Drafting has photos and sketches of a variety of homes:
http://www.carsena-tech.net/building-design.html
from Thai-style large homes to bungalows. Click on images to bring up larger
images.
You can spend a lot of time navigating the Phuket & Koh Samui Property
& Home Design in Thailand site:
http://www.tropical-living.com
Phuket publishes "Tropical Living In Asia" Magazine:
http://www.tropical-living.com
At left, see a box "Archives." It has a "select magazine issue" option
you use to link to past issues. Once you're in those archives, you can
view numerous homes.
Each issue spotlights at least one home, and be sure to check the
"Property Report" in each issue to see more homes. Also, take care to
scroll all the way down to the bottom of each page to see even more
homes.
"Asia Island Homes":
http://www.asiaislandhomes.com/index.shtml
has some charming "villas."
Singapore firm Guz Architects specializes in tropical homes. See some
of their designs at:
http://www.guzarchitects.com/projGal.html
Fiji firm Conway Architects has several home design sketches at:
http://conwayarchitects.com/projects.htm
Architects Pacific has a few sketches of tropical homes at:
http://www.architectspacific.com/residential.html
Singapore's HYLA Architects has an online gallery of residential homes:
http://www.hyla.com.sg/html/gallery/grthumb.htm
(Click on the thumbnail images.)
Other Beach/Seaside Home Designs:
Try the "Real Estate On Duck Key in the Florida Keys" site:
http://www.duckkeyonline.com/duck_key_real_estate/index.htm
Scroll down and you'll see clickable links within these real estate listings
that will take you to photos of various houses.
For instance:
http://www.duckkeyonline.com/duck_key_real_estate/home_sales_center.htm##%20san%20remo
has photos of over a dozen homes.
Design company COOL House Plans has a category for "Seaside" homes:
http://chp3.coolhouseplans.com/found.html?ArchStyle=Seaside
Also see Architectural Designs:
http://www.architecturaldesigns.com/index.asp?source=g&kw=house_plan
At left, bring up "beach" under the box "House Style."
See Luna Beach Resort's thumbnail gallery of tropical homes at:
http://www.lunabeachresort.com/gallery_pages/photo_tropicalhouses_01.shtml
There's a nice selection of beach homes at this site for the
Grupomakai rental firm in Costa Rica:
http://www.grupomakai.com/HousesForRent.html
Grantham Resorts of Kauai, Hawaii, has a gallery with clickable images
of beach homes:
http://www.grantham-resorts.com/homes/
See a reprint of the Nov. 12, 2003 San Francisco Chronicle article "A
Touch of the Tropics," by Jeannie Matteucci, at Ohashi Design:
http://www.ohashidesign.com/company_award_sf.html
Click on thumbnail images at top to see large images of this beautiful home.
I hope some of the houses I've listed for you will spark a "mental
blueprint" for the home of your dreams!
Search Strings:
"tropic home design"
"home designs tropics"
" 'home design' AND tropical AND 'New Zealand' "
" 'residential architects' AND tropical AND 'New Zealand' "
"New Zealand architects tropical"
"tropical houses"
"tropical houses Southeast Asia"
" 'residential architects' AND tropical AND 'Asia' "
"tropical beach homes"
I hope my research is of help to you. Please post a "Request For
Clarification" if you need help navigating any of the above links, or
if you need me to clarify any of the information I've given you, prior
to rating my answer.
Regards,
nancylynn-ga |
