New Directions in Tropical Asian Architecture features extended profiles of leading architects in India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Java and Bali. Their major works are fully documented through plans and drawings, photographs and analytical text. Far-reaching and provocative essays by Philip Goad and Anoma Pieris precede the architects' profiles. The new Tropical Asian architecture reflects the excitement and dynamism of the emerging countries of the region. A newly sophisticated and globally aware generation of designers are redefining the architecture of private houses, public buildings and resort hotels. The pleasures and rewards of designing in the world's most exotic locations are tempered by the realities of architectural responsibility in some of the world's largest and fastest-growing cities.