Here is a stunning array of the very best and most exciting modern houses built in the tropics in recent years - in Brazil, Mexico, the Caribbean, Sri Lanka, South Africa and many more exotic locations.
This sophisticated survey shows houses with open floor plans, exterior courtyards, sunny patios and cool stucco surfaces all touched by tropical settings and demonstrates that the combination of modern architectural form and tropical surroundings is extending and revitalizing modernism.
These designs by such great names as Oscar Niemeyer, Gio Ponti, Geoffrey Bawa and Isay Weinfeld are airy and open, perfectly seamless continuations of indoor-outdoor space. Water and breezeways figure prominently and 'green' eco-conscious features emerge naturally from the environment.
Whether a simple dwelling on a remote island or a luxurious holiday home set in a spectacular landscape, every house here is a showcase of sophisticated and appropriate design.