5 in Five - BEDMaR & SHi: Reinventing Tradition in Contemporary Living

InthiscaptivatingcollectionoffivehousesbuiltinfivedifferentAsian-Pacificcountries,Argentinean-borndesignerErnestoBedmarexploreshisfascinationwithtraditionalarchitecturalstylesandreinventsthemforthecontemporaryworld.Usinghisdeepunderstandingofthehistoriesandbuildingculturesoftheseregions,Bedmarseamlesslyknitshisdesignsintothecollectivememoryofeachsite.Thefivehouses?inIndia,Thailand,Singapore,IndonesiaandNewZealanddemonstratetheflexibilityofthedesignerstrademarktropicalarchitectureandshowcaseadiversesetofmodernformsthatresonatedeeplywiththelocallandscapeandmakeuseofwaterasaunifyingandharmonizingelement.Thebookcontainsawealthofdrawingsandplansthatdetailtheinnovativeconstructiontechniques,andtheresultinghousesarecapturedinabreathtakingseriesofphotographsshowingtheuseofspacesandmaterialsaswellasspectacularsitesonwhichtheysit.