
In Search of BAWA : Master Architect of Sri Lanka
by BIS
£16.95
MPN9781780679136
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This book answers some important questions about Geoffrey Bawa, Sri Lanka’s pre-eminent architect, and his legacy.A sizeable introductionto 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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