ABSTRACT
Within the last 20 years, there has been amajor shift in design agendas
worldwide, with increasing awareness of global warming, climate
change and the need for responsible, sustainable design.
Environmental design has become an essential component of building
design. There has been widespread high-tech adaptation of traditional
third world technologies by architects working in temperate climates,
35.3. There is increasing awareness of the limitations of globalisation
whencompared to themerits of regionalism. Increasing sophistication
in building design has become apparent in many tropical countries,
especially those around the Pacific Rim; and web-based documenta-
tion, communication and transfer of knowledge have revolutionised
design methodologies in all climates, whilst research has revalidated
many traditional tropical design technologies.
