Tourists flock to Miami Beach to stroll the streets lined with the city-defining art deco design. But the wave of permanent transplants to the city is staying for the tropical modernism that has for ...

There’s no question that climate change is intensifying. If we’re not experiencing a record-breaking deep freeze in the winter, we’re dealing with scorching heat waves. One of the most serious ...

“The wind of change is blowing through this continent,” declared British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan in the Ghanaian capital Accra in 1960. “Whether we like it or not, this growth of national ...

Britain exported the architectural style to West Africa and India, but local practitioners adapted it for a different climate and a new kind of politics. By Emily LaBarge The critic Emily LaBarge saw ...

Architecture has long been intertwined with the historical narratives of colonialism, where European powers imposed their styles and ideologies upon colonised regions, often disregarding local ...

A Tropical Modern home designed by notable contemporary architect Ralph Choeff has hit the market for $16.5 million on Bay Harbor Islands, an exclusive area off the coast of Miami. “Tropical Modern ...

Undeniably, art deco is the typical design style that comes to mind when people discuss Miami’s architecture. In fact, Miami Beach deco has its own subcategory of the Roaring Twenties style, made ...

View of the garden. Photo © Ivana Diniz. For the first time, the house will be open to the public through guided tours focused on historical heritage. Geared towards ...

The prevailing story of tropical modernism in the Global South has long overlooked the contributions of local architects and engineers, writes Mohamed Ismail. Growing up on Mount Makiling in Los Baños ...

Roberto Burle Marx is to Brazilian landscape architecture what Pelé is to football—a 20th-century icon. His botanical genius shaped this lush estate in the hills of Rio.

We pay a visit to London’s Victoria and Albert museum, where a new exhibition is dedicated to the architectural style. We also reflect on the work of Sri Lankan practitioner Geoffrey Bawa. Lucrezia ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The home’s contemporary lines stand in soft counterpoint to the landscape's tropical fullness, creating the kind of tension Burle ...