The prevailing story of tropical modernism in the Global South has long overlooked the contributions of local architects and engineers, writes Mohamed Ismail. More about "Recognition is long overdue for the local architects of tropical modernism"
A curlicued brutalist hotel whose facade resembles two faces kissing and a bank crowned with towers informed by clay castles are among the modernist buildings celebrated in Togo's first-ever Venice Architecture Biennale pavilion. More about Togo centres its "eccentric" modernist architecture in Venice Biennale debut
Indian furniture brand Phantom Hands has launched a collection of furniture designed by the late Sri Lankan architect Geoffrey Bawa, including a sofa created for his former home. More about Phantom Hands reissues Geoffrey Bawa's tropical modernist furniture
Architecture office SOM has completed the tiered The One Flagler office building in West Palm Beach with a white concrete facade arranged to resemble trellises. More about SOM completes skyscraper informed by Florida's tropical modernism
Design studio Omi Collective has created an archive documenting tropical modernist architecture in Lagos, Nigeria. Here, its founder Olorufemi Adewuyi spotlights seven stand-out buildings featured in it. More about Seven tropical modernist buildings in Lagos with "a lot of intelligence to unpack"
Rounded layers of smooth cement plaster take cues from traditional stone-carved architecture at TropiBox, a home in Kerala, India, designed by local studio Tropical Architecture Bureau. More about Tropical Architecture Bureau blends "old-world charm with the modern" for Keralan home
Set designers Shirin Naveed, Shankho Chaudhuri and Esha Sikander created a mini-nightclub for this year's Glastonbury festival that only played music from South Asian artists. More about Pulp sci-fi and tropical modernism inform Glastonbury's first dedicated South Asian stage
London's Victoria and Albert Museum has launched its Tropical Modernism exhibition, which highlights the architectural movement's evolution from colonial import to a "tool of nation building". More about V&A's Tropical Modernism exhibition explores "the politics behind the concrete"
A 36-metre-long brise soleil has been covered with screens showing the colonial history of tropical modernism at the Applied Arts Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale. More about Applied Arts Pavilion at Venice Architecture Biennale aims to "complicate the history of tropical modernism"
The tropical modernism of Geoffrey Bawa informed the architecture of this boutique hotel in Sri Lanka, designed by British practice Anarchitect to be a vertical interpretation of the style. More about Anarchitect channels tropical modernism for Sri Lankan boutique hotel