SYNOPSIS
This paper seeks to understand the resurgence of tropical architecture in Malaysia and Singapore by examining the discursive constructions and practices of tropical architecture in Malaysia and Singapore during the 1980s-1990s. Although tropical architecture is often hailed as “natural,” I argue in this paper that “nature” is inextricably also “political” in its entanglement with the larger politics of globalization, postcolonial development and cultural identity. The arguments in this paper are made through a close study of three built exemplars of tropical architecture in Malaysia The Datai Resort, The Tanjong Jara Hotel, and The Salinger House.
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