Living in Asia. 40th Ed

Silent Zen gardens and elegant city apartments, old mansions, bustling megacities, high-tech innovations, and remote, timeless idylls. As fascinatingly diverse as modern Asia presents itself to the Western visitor with its wide range of highly heterogeneous cultures, so varied are the interiors showcased in this volume. On our journey through Tibet, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Singapore, and Malaysia, traditional craftsmanship, colonial heritage, tropical modernity, and ultramodern design merge into a colorful and vibrant kaleidoscope of Asian lifestyle and living culture. Highlights of this discovery tour include traditional stilt houses in Myanmar, the breathtaking Shiv Niwas Palace in India, Cambodian temples, the famous Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion, an indigo-blue mansion from the 19th century in George Town, known from the film Indochine, and a tropical garden designed by Sri Lankan architect Geoffrey Bawa, co-founder of Tropical Modernism and a pioneer of nature-oriented building.