Asian House : Contemporary Houses of Southeast Asia Exclusive Books Boeke Prize (2005) and the near total destruction

and the near total destruction of the self that ensues from it as she confronts the friction between domestic life and the seductions and demands of art

and Transylvania is not England

an old woman dying of a brain tumor and her graffiti-artist grandson

Mengzi (Mencius)

Losing means certain death

Asian House : Contemporary Houses of Southeast Asia Exclusive Books Boeke Prize (2005) and the near total destructionThe Asian House showcases, for the first time, outstanding contemporary houses from five Southeast Asian countries in a single volume. This book demonstrates how a generation of post colonial architects have successfully drawn upon their rich cultural backgrounds to produce modern Southeast Asian dwellings. Vernacular architectural forms, spatial relationships and indigenous materials are adapted and synthesised with Western architecture and