In Search of BAWA : Master Architect of Sri Lanka
by
David Robson
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1780679130
ISBN-13
9781780679136
Publisher
BIS
Imprint
Laurence King Publishing
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 15th, 2016
Print length
144 Pages
Weight
778 grams
Dimensions
24.20 x 21.80 x 1.90 cms
Product Classification:
Individual architects & architectural firms
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Answers some important questions about Geoffrey Bawa, Sri Lanka's pre-eminent architect, and his legacy. This book offers a site-by-site tour of 45 of his buildings scatterd throughout Sri Lanka, many are considered "pilgrimage sites" by up-and-coming architects, designers and lay people interested in his extraordinary and enduring talent.
This book answers some important questions about Geoffrey Bawa, Sri Lanka''s pre-eminent architect, and his legacy. A sizeable 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 scatterd 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
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 scatterd 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
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