Modern Unique Tropical House Design | Glitch House | Playa Grande | Dominican Republic | Young Projects

Located further inland from the Lodge nestled into the jungle’s canopy is the Glitch House at the Retreat. The building consists of 1,800 interior square feet and 330 square feet of accessible roof garden.

The House contains 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, as well as communal living areas. The exterior features cement tiles hand made in the Dominican Republic. The graphic pattern applied to its surface interferes with the legibility of the concrete block geometry of the house relative to the background of the tropical landscape.

The Glitch House is the first structure a guest sees upon arriving at the Wellness Retreat. Rather than marking this moment with a defined boundary or gate house, the Glitch House strangely smears itself into the jungle landscape. It is a hint towards the immersive experiences that guides the design for the Retreat in general........more

Modern Tropical House Design | Kauhale Kai | Hawaii | de Reus Architects

For this site perched above Kaunaoa Bay on Hawaii’s Big Island, design inspiration came from the clients’ affinity for modern art and architecture and their desire to capture Hawaii’s warm sense of aloha in a seaside home to share with extended family. The resulting interpretation of the traditional, close-knit, Hawaiian kauhale settlement is an elevated version of the island’s laid-back style, driven by restraint and understatement while designed for tropical livability.

An architectural pool forms the axis for organizing seven separate modern tropical pavilions, or hales, totaling 6,700 square feet. The hales are linked by outdoor gardens and spaces that act as corridors to create a village. These transitional spaces add a gracious quality to the home and provide a unifying synergy between the hale structures, tropical plantings, large-scale stone exterior elements and the site’s coastal views.

Minimalist finishes reinforce the clean lines, with warm woods complementing cool sand-grained plaster and brushed travertine floors. Easily maintained finishes and floors that welcome bare feet reinforce the aloha factor. The design incorporates cultural cues from ancient Polynesian culture, referencing the homeowners’ years of living in Tahiti. A stacked stone water feature at the entry and monoliths alongside outdoor pavilions evoke ancient Polynesian cultures......more

Modern Tropical Home Design | Punta Sayulita Residences | Mexico | De Reus Architects

" We were hired to master plan and design the resort club amenities and residential prototypes for this intimate private resort community across the bay from the seaside village of Sayulita. This 33-acre peninsula was previously entitled for attached condominiums, but the developers realized that single-family residences resonated with resort buyers who perceive value in having detached resort residences that are carefully integrated into the site.

Experientially, there is additional value gained with the privacy and luxury of a single-family home and the ability to feel the presence of the site versus a mass of attached condominiums imposed on the land.

Three residential prototypes were designed to fit into the hillsides and find commonality with the regional vernacular. Exemplifying sustainable principles of designing for both the guest community and the host community, the 62 private residences have been carefully sited on lots for view and integration into the environment. Carts are the main form of transportation within the resort, which allowed roadways to be small, minimizing site disturbance.

Buildings were sited to blend with the natural terrain, natural boulders and protected oil palms. The three hilltops are preserved as parks for the Sayulita community. A trail system will connect resort members with the reaches of the peninsula.......more

Modern Tropical Asian House | Zig Zag House | Singapore | Ministry Of Design

Returning to the romance of the single storey bungalow house, this house acquires its unique form via a series of formal maneuvers around a mature tree located on its long and triangulated sliver of land.

Tropically acclimated to the region, the building's twisting form creates "in-between" spaces which provide shelter from nature's harsh elements and simultaneously allow for cross ventilation and filtered light. Courtyards, captured by the turning of the twisted building form, bring light into the basement service areas. Internal corridors serve as breezeways between air-conditioned and naturally cooled areas. Slightly lofted over the ground, each of the building's three Miesian inspired wings house an entertainment zone, a family zone and a private master zone. Seen as a seamless singular form, the building reads as both sheltering building as well as abstracted sculpture. .........more

Tropical Beach House | Smith House | Limon | Costa Rica | Benjamin Garcia Saxe

This beach house for Tom and Annie Smith is located less than 100 meters from the Caribbean Sea and surrounded by a lush tropical rainforest. They wished to provide a view to the ocean from every space in the house while also integrating the large trees in the forest around them. The house was then placed longitudinally along the beachfront dividing the private (bedrooms) and public spaces (living, dining, and kitchen) with the entrance. A corridor along the back acts as the umbilical cord for all the spaces while providing a very open view to the forest.......more

The Lalonde family House | Guanacaste | Costa Rica | Benjamin Garcia Saxe

The Lalonde family owned a property close to the Pacific Ocean, but it was surrounded by houses on three sides. They wished to have a home were they could all see the ocean from their bedrooms with an intimate family room in between. The house was then split in two floors, the second dedicated to these private spaces which would in turn lead into a terrace that views the ocean. The entire house was also orientated in an open V shape in order to squeeze a view through the neighboring properties and into the horizon. This geometry allowed for a pool and play area to be safely guarded between the two wings of the V on the first floor, thus creating a captured external garden that integrates completely with the public activities of the large open space of the kitchen, dining and living........more

Tropical Home | Palmyra House | Nandgaon, Maharashtra, India | Mumbai Studio

Palmyra House Nandgaon, Maharashtra, India
2007
Located outside of Mumbai on the Arabian Sea, Palmyra House was built as a refuge. The house consists of two wooden volumes set inside of a functioning coconut plantation.

Architect:Studio Mumbai Architects
Principal Architect: Bijoy Jain
Project Team:
Jeevaram Suthar, Mangesh Mhatre, Roy Katz, Samuel Barclay, Faheem Khan, Mohammed Nizam, Punaram Suthar, Jean Marc Moreno
Interior designer: Studio Mumbai Architects Consultant(s)
Landscape: Studio Mumbai Architects
Lighting: Studio Mumbai Architects
General contractor: Studio Mumbai Architects
Photographer(s) :Samuel Barclay,Tanya Fleisher,Geoffrey Johnston,Ben Lepley,
Roy Katz,Prabuddha Das Gupta
RoofingMetal: Jean Marc Moreno

Modern Tropical Home-Aqualina | Koh Samui,Thailand | Gfab Architects

Three variations of villa type are repeated over a 16000 sqm site close to the beach in the north of Koh Samui, enjoying expansive views toward Koh Phagnan* and the straight that separates the two islands. Gfab are undertaking architectural, interior and landscape design for the project as well as acting as the master planners for the project. In response to the islands new, draconian planning laws which demand 80% of living spaces are located under a pitched roof, our response was to make the roof the dominant feature of the design. The roof extends all the way to the floor and features a series of stepped planters irrigated by an integrated system intended to recycle water, bringing a new conception to the notion of the grass roofed tropical house. Beneath this, the common areas are treated to soaring double height spaces with mezzanine studies.
High level operable louvres and minimally detailed doors, combined with reflecting pools to draw air, allow the property to enjoy good natural cross ventilation whilst still being able to be closed up and mechanically ventilated if the occupants wish. A total of 18 villas are planned along with staff/back of house areas, and a small restaurant/clubhouse intended to serve as a multifunction space for weddings, parties and conferences or simply as a “hang out” spot for the villa owners.

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Modern Mexican Home Design | BA House | Mexico City,Mexico | Gomez Crespo

Design:2006
Construction:2007
Photo:Alfonso De Bejar
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