In the tradition of the highly successful and groundbreaking Los Angeles House, Tim Street-Porter now takes us with him to the magnificent colour and flavour of Asia, Australia, Africa and Central America: into the homes (and a few secluded hotels) of the tropics. The book's lavish photographs, supported by Street-Porter's fascinating and informed commentary, capture the appeal and the meaning of the enviable dwellings he found on his journeys around the tropics, showing the very best and most original of the regions' diverse styles and serene home designs.