Archive for May 2010

Interlocking Block Wall Progress

May 25th, 2010 | By | Category: Project Progress

A few new photos to document the progress of our Interlocking Block Wall With the birth of my son Jack things have slowed down almost to a stop over the past six weeks, enjoying our time with him in this first few weeks at home as definitely been the priority around here recently. However with [...]



Construction with Bamboo

May 20th, 2010 | By | Category: Project Progress

Bamboo House Construction The people of Asia and South America have been Building with Bamboo for centuries. Still considered a marginal “alternative” building material in all Western countries is it is widely believed that as traditional wood sources become a more and more expensive resource that we will see a renewed surge of interest in [...]



New Modular Homes Factory for Thailand

May 14th, 2010 | By | Category: Project Progress

Property Perfect announced this week that it will be partnering the Siam Cement Group to create several new modular homes project sites in 2010 / 2011 worth an estimated 2 billion baht. Chainid N. Sirimanee, CEO of Property Perfect said that the proposed partnership will provide a turnkey service for the design, assembly and installation [...]



Free Thai House Plan No 1

May 8th, 2010 | By | Category: Houses in SE Asia

The old adage that a picture tells a 1000 words is never more true than when it comes to House Plans. This is the House designated simply as ” Design 1 “  its clearly a very small raised ” house “  stating the obvious its probably far too small for any western style living and [...]



Thai House Plans

May 8th, 2010 | By | Category: Houses in SE Asia


100 New Free Thai House Plans Released

May 8th, 2010 | By | Category: Building in Asia

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) annouced this week that it will be making 100 new House Plans available for free to new home builders in Thailand. These 100 new house designs represent builds from low cost ( 200,000 baht ) to luxury ( 6,000,000 baht ) and complement the existing 26 designs that are already [...]



Green Building in Malaysia

May 3rd, 2010 | By | Category: Project Progress

Malaysia’s first Shipping Container Home ? I am a huge fan of Shipping Container Homes, so when I received an email yesterday from the team at Anand Bungalows with the attached photo gallery promoting their new green building in Malaysia I immediately committed to showcasing it here on BuildinginAsia.com Located at Bukit Tinggi Pahang which [...]