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The Deck House Participates in the Malaysian Rainforest

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The stairs glimpsed inside the rainforest “Deck House” play a starring role in the experience.

 

As you descend the stair you seem to be walking out into the rainforest.

The stairs share the double height glass conservatory of a huge glassed living room.

From the living room the dark outline of the organized grid of metal window framing forms a civilized counterpoint to the untamed rampant forest beyond.

The same rich red wood inside and out creates a seamless transition between the interior and the exterior, creating the sense of a much larger ‘landing point’.

Once down in the living room, this double height glass for the stairwell creates a soaring conservatory feeling.

The ceiling height lowers as you enter the more intimate but still airy dining room.

And at the kitchen end of this open space, huge colorful paintings grace the wall at the back.

High up within the tree canopy an airy master bedroom shares the forest with a curtain wall of glass slid entirely open.

A stone deck off the bedroom offers a silky smooth cool surface for walking barefoot in the treetops.

The Deck House was built in the Malaysian rainforest.

Built on steep terrain in a lush forest, it is supported on poles with minimum interference to the forest floor.

Designed in steel and glass by architect Choo Gim Wah, it is resistant to the mold that can bedevil houses in the tropics.