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Living in Asia. 40th Ed.

Sunil Sethi author Reto Guntli illustrator Angelika Taschen editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taschen GmbH

Published:28th Jul '24

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Living in Asia. 40th Ed. cover

Zen, soothing, mystical, meditative—words cannot do justice to Asia’s most beautiful interiors. Whether it’s a gilded Tibetan monastery, a plantation in Sri Lanka, or a private villa in Thailand, each of the havens featured in this book are remarkable not only in aesthetic, but also in spirit.

This showcase features about 40 exceptional locations across Tibet, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Singapore, and Malaysia. Highlights include traditional Burmese stilt houses; the breathtaking Shiv Niwas Palace in India, visited by James Bond in Octopussy; Cambodian temples; a rice barge-turned houseboat in Thailand; the “Blue Mansion”, an magnificient, indigo-painted courtyard house featured in the film Indochine; a breathtaking garden designed by Sri Lankan architect Geoffrey Bawa; and many, many more.

“A sense of great familiarity permeates all the images, however exotic they may be: Asia has never been so close.” * Süddeutsche Zeitung *
"The essential character of Asian life." * Harper's Bazaar *

ISBN: 9783836599238

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 1048g

480 pages

Multilingual edition