Extending Roofs from Brazil to India: Parallel Residential Design Elements as Seen in 10 Projects

Redux House / studio mk27 © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG; Parikrama House / SPASM Design Architects © Umang Shah

It shouldn't be too surprising that architectural concepts were traveling around the globe long before the online spread of information. While many regions share certain historical events and hence references (such as colonization and the mid-20th-century independence movement/ turn of political systems), others might have simply developed parallel solutions to similar climates and material availability.