25 Tropical Houses in the Philippines. Elizabeth V. Reyes

      An indoor courtyard complements the minimalist spiral staircase leading to the guest rooms. The built-in vertical water feature (left), outlined with fiberoptic lights that change color, cascades down into an indented floor, a design inspired by en Australian garden magazine. An early nineteenth-century Man pottery jar from Burma sits on a pedestal in the corner The glass art pieces inset in the wall (above) are from Arcade, Italy, and are called "Zen."