with steeply gabled roofs. Still, within this compound are
some startling interventions that nonetheless mesh with
environment and tradition: they reinvent tradition. There
is the traditional interior terrace, in which a Thai house
might have a tree growing. Instead, Bensley has made
an arcade of massive convex brick pillars that resemble
tree trunks, a built landscape in which the inhabitants
may wander or meditate.
Bensley���s interior landscape resembles a series of
elaborate boxes of silk and exotic woods. The living room
is double height, with sliding glass doors and ranks of
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