Another Sultry Tropical Museum Piece from Singapore’s Guz Architects
Guz Architects is one of our favourite architectural firms.
Their radical originality is tenderly wrapped within a vernacular architectural style that is extremely relaxed.
Somnolent, even.
Theirs is a civilized, bookish kind of colonial architecture that seems quintessentially Singaporean.
The originality and delight of this office space that appears to float in a street of water.
Yet it seems as if it is part of an ancient tradition.
So it is a humble style, despite its originality.
What is exhilarating about this house from Guz Architects, is the revolutionary, huge change in the usual indoors/outdoors dichotomy.
The sophistication of indoors furnishings in an essentially open air space.
Giant wooden pillars form a colonnade upstairs.
Their work is instantly recognisable.
The use of water and green roofs and a courtyard is familiar. In some ways it is reminiscent of another of their gorgeous tropical houses we’ve covered…
I love the glass edged pool. (What kind of strength is needed for glass to hold that much water!?)
Despite the glass edge, the overall impression is not a high tech feel.
Others of theirs we’ve covered include: Fish House Imagines Waves and Cluny House From Guz Architects and Lush Singapore Lawns Green the Meera House…
…but you can’t have too much of heaven.
October 19th, 2012 at 8:44 am
I'm so envious of all the natural light in this space! It really plays well with the architecture too. When can I move in?