This week, we tour the tropical and sustainable home tour of Sharne, an architect who designed this stunning 5,106 square feet house for his family. The house used to be a single-storey shack, but they saw the potential to rebuild the space and make it a beautiful home.
At the entrance, anti-termite timber fins were used and the glass doors can pivot completely to create a seamless connection between the indoors and outdoors. The living room has classic furniture pieces from their old place that were more than 30 years old. But given their sentimental value, they were incorporated into the new gallery-like space.
The house has monsoon windows, which help with cross-ventilation and draw wind into the house. Each floor of the house above the first floor has 3 bedrooms and attached bathrooms. The staircase is designed in steel, and it goes past a series of timber batons which shades from the sun coming in....