apartment therapy changing the world, one room at a time

The European-style homes of expatriates and colonial families in colonial-era South East Asia were often black and white. The New York Times shows us one such home in Singapore, currently inhabited by a Connecticut family. The tropical climate dictated that the western style homes limit the amount of sun light that reaches the interior. Because the house is narrow and only one-room wide, the rows of windows also keep the interior bright...