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This book answers some important questions about Geoffrey Bawa, Sri Lanka's pre-eminent architect, and his legacy. A sizable introduction to Bawa's world, life, education and work is reviewed by eminent Bawa scholar, David Robson. This precedes a site-by-site tour of 45 of his buildings scattered throughout Sri Lanka, Many are considered "pilgrimage sites" by up-and-coming architects, designers and lay people interested in his extraordinary and enduring talent. Insightful texts, contemporary and archive photographs and a plethora of drawings illustrate the individual buildings that range from private dwellings to public buildings, schools and hotels. Each is representative of Bawa's pioneering work on tropical modernism. The book ends with a brief section on buildings that have been transformed, lost or are at risk for one reason or another.

Architecture --- History --- Bawa, Geoffrey, --- Criticism and interpretation.

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A representative figure of architecture in Sri Lanka Geoffrey Bawa was a virtuoso in the art of crafting a 'paradise'. The works that he created until his death in 2003 have been an inspiration to architects not only in Sri Lanka but throughout Asian countries. Born in 1919 Bawa was a crossbreed, an embodiment of Sri Lanka's history at the crossroads of Europe and Asia. This publication focuses on two of his own houses: his regular house in Colombo and his country house in Bentota.

Architecture domestique --- Maisons d'architectes --- Habitations individuelles --- Architect-designed houses --- Architecture, Tropical --- Architecture --- Dessins et plans --- Bawa, Geoffrey --- Bawa, Geoffrey, --- Sri Lanka --- Constructions --- Sri lanka --- Dessins et plans. --- Constructions.

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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