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Thailand
Creative recycling
What does a hotelier, a
soap-opera star and some local artists have in common? They're each
designed a room in Bangkok's newly opened Reflections Rooms hotel.
Focusing on recycled materials and highlighting the individuality of
each artist, these aren't your standard rooms away from home.
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A-P innovation
Prevalent everywhere from
backyard landscapes to jungle ravines, bamboo's long stems and delicate
leaves are part of Asia-Pacific's traditional iconography. Technology
from MIT and Bali-based entrepreneur Gerard Van Vloten has now produced
an innovative building material made from this abundant Asia-Pacific
plant.
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Personality and design II
Artist John
Underwood is first of all an artist and second a metallurgist. His
distinctive work appears around the region in such details as the room
signs in the Hotel De La Paix in Cambodia at the same time it erupts in
such phenomena as the Kuala Lumpur whale sculpture in front of the
Petronas Towers. Underwood's eco-conscious work is much in demand, just
the thing to take something from the ordinary to the absolutely
extraordinary.
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Bali
Villa Damai
Villa Damai, a
combined effort among comrades, magnificently demonstrates the power of
friendship while bringing the best of Bali together in one three-villa
estate.
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Phuket
Sunset Villa
There's universal appeal in
watching the sun sink through flaming skins to disappear beneath a
distant horizon. At Sunset Villa, you can enjoy doing the same the
comfort of your own home.
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Samui
Baan Tawan Tok
High-end luxury developer
Profmil has done it again, this time with Baan tawan Tok Samui's Lipa
Noi project. One of seven villas, this split-level villa project is
surrounded by green, blending with the natural terrain.
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Regional Intimate advice
Colours are the spice of
life. How better to enliven an otherwise boring space than by adding a
splash of vivid pizzazz? The problem is (ho-hum) where to begin.
Interior designer Mary-Joe Olejniczak of Intimate Interiors gives a
starting point for those daring enough to go for it.
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Thailand Design Flair
Early 2008 saw a series
of international furniture fairs exhibit new designs throughout the
region, from the Philippines to Singapore. Asia-Pacific TROPICAL HOMES
catches up with the Thailand equivalent, where interesting design is
just the beginning.
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Region Cool shades, man
Environmentalist and
humanitarian Thom Henley takes look at natural ways to cool your
tropical homes while getting the added benefit of reduced costs and more
attractive.
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Buy by Design
New products, furnishings and technology to re-vamp your tropical
lifestyle.
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Hot Hot Happenings
News from around the region.
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Greatest Escapes
Only the very best places to stay around tropical Asia-Pacific.
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Your
guide to homes, villas, property and investment opportunities.
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