Tropical architecture
Designed by architect Jimmy Lim for Haji Rudin Salinger, the Salinger House received the coveted Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 1998.
Repeated calls for a distinct tropical architecture are being made for the simple reason that the weather in tropical countries, such as Malaysia, is vastly different from that of countries in northern Europe and North America where the majority of today's architectural innovations and movements originate. Until the advent of air conditioning, all buildings in Malaysia had been designed with particular regard to local, tropical climatic conditions. With greater global awareness of the environment, and a renewed perspective on contemporary Malaysian architecture, architects are once again looking towards tropical solutions in building design.
- Information in the full article includes
- Climatic conditions
- Responding to the climate