Houses by Thai Architects | Contextual Modernism

HOUSES by Thai Architects: Contextual Modernism First published 2016 Copyright © 2016 by Li-Zenn Publishing Limited, Thailand Li-Zenn Publishing Limited Publisher Nithi Sthapitanonda Managing Director Suluck Visavapattamawon Deputy Managing Director Pisut Lertdumrikarn Executive Director Prabhakorn Vadanyakul Kiattisak Veteewootacharn Li-Zenn Publishing Limited 81 Sukhumvit 26, Klong Ton, Klong Toey, Bangkok 10110 Thailand T 66 (0) 2259 2096 F 66 (0) 2661 2017 li-zenn@li-zenn.com www.li-zenn.com

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Houses by Thai Architects | Contextual Modernism

Published on Nov 3, 2016

Li-Zenn Publishing

ISBN 978-616-7800-37-0 /// 240 pages /// 29x29cm /// English /// Hardcover with Jacket /// Price THB 1,600 Modernism’s influence has become ubiquitous in the architecture and design of Thailand. Increasingly, houses and other types of buildings in the region are negotiating the traditional aesthetics, material assemblies, and construction techniques of local structures with the simple forms, functional layouts, and minimal ornamentation that typically characterise modern design. Despite varying programmatic and aesthetic qualities, the houses contained in this volume are no exception. The architects’ persistent struggles to compose, organise, arrange, and rearrange the massing of the houses is indicative of the extent and complexity of the design directives. Light, heat, topography, views, and a multitude of other criteria play a key roles in the resolution of a single dwelling.