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Sri Lankan architect Geoffrey Bawa and the buildings he created have become legendary in the region and influential around the world. Few architects achieved his harmonious fusion of local building traditions with modern forms and sensibility. Bawa's early works were houses that artfully married vernacular styles and responses to climate and site with a modern architectural vocabulary. Soon his talents were applied on a larger scale, to the Sri Lanka parliament, a number of carefully situated and designed hotels, schools, offices and other public buildings. The summation of his oeuvre is symbolized by his own two residences – a house in Colombo and a residential complex in Lunuganga – whose evolution eloquently reflect Bawa’s career and personality. This ambitious publication is a comprehensive documentation and appreciation of Geoffrey Bawa and his work and includes a rich portfolio of his most important works, including some rarely published projects. An exhaustive reference section includes a complete chronology.

Architecten ; Sri Lanka --- Bawa, Geoffrey --- 72.07 --- 72.038 --- Architectuur ; Sri Lanka ; 1957-2002 ; Geoffrey Bawa --- Architectuur ; Azië --- Tropisch modernisme --- Tropical Modernism --- Vernaculaire ; traditionele ; synthese met modernistische architectuur --- Bawa, Geoffrey 1919-2003 (°Colombo, Sri Lanka) --- Architectuur ; Sri Lanka ; Indië ; Maleisië ; 20ste eeuw --- Architecten. Stedenbouwkundigen A - Z --- Architectuurgeschiedenis ; 1950 - 2000 --- Architecture --- Vernacular architecture --- History --- Influence. --- Architecture, Anonymous --- Architecture, Indigenous --- Architecture, Vernacular --- Folk architecture --- Indigenous architecture --- Traditional architecture --- Architecture, Western (Western countries) --- Building design --- Buildings --- Construction --- Western architecture (Western countries) --- Art --- Building --- Influence --- Design and construction --- Bawa, Geoffrey, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Architecture, Primitive --- Architectuur ; Azi&#235 --- Architecture vernaculaire --- Histoire