The Colonial Bungalow: Combatting Climate & Creating Separation (opens in new tab)

With its thick walls, high ceilings, large rooms, and wide verandahs, the colonial bungalow was constructed to meet the challenges of hot climates. Designed to keep cool air in, hot air out, and provide plenty of airy shade, the bungalow was so successful that it became the standard colonial residence across the world, from British India to French Polynesia. Access by local people to bungalows, certainly their interiors, was typically restricted, and this fact, along with their design, which ...