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Architecture

modernist design adapted to hot climates through shading, cross-ventilation and orientation, developed in late colonial and postcolonial building.

In architecture, tropical architecture refers to modernist design adapted to hot climates through shading, cross-ventilation and orientation, developed in late colonial and postcolonial building. This meaning comes from Fry (1964/1974) in Tropical architecture in the dry and humid zones.[1]

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Fry, M., & Drew, J. (1974). Tropical architecture in the dry and humid zones. R. E. Krieger. (Original work published 1964) ISBN 9780882752341

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