Traditional Thai Houses

The traditional Thai house is a fine example of a structure designed for its environment. Built from wood the house is traditionally raised on pillars to protect the occupants from wild animals, flooding and from criminals. The pillared are also provides shade during the hot tropical days and shelter for animals at night. Today many older Thai houses have the pillared area walled in to provide an extra room or two for the family. The different regions of Thailand have different styles of houses but the fundamental design remains the same. Sadly, many of these houses have been replaced by anonymous concrete shop-houses and suburban-style bungalows and the costs of building a traditional style house from new are too high most people. There are, though, still many fine examples of these old wooden houses throughout Thailand.

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• architecture
• house
• thailand
• traditional
• siam
• wood