New Home Building

British Colonial architecture made its first appearance in the late nineteen hundreds. As the British Empire was extending their reign into Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe, and the America's the British military and colonists longed for some of the basic comforts of home.  To fulfill this need many of the settlers brought their own furniture to many of these tropical climates.  This caused a very significant problem, the soft woods that were used to make their furniture back in the U.K. couldn't stand up to the humid tropical climates.  They started using many of the local materials such as teak, mahogany, cypress, cedar, and wicker with their softer woods.  They effectively fused their British design senses with many Asian, African, and Indian…