In search of Bawa : master architect of Sri Lanka / David Robson ; photography by Sebastian Posingis.

Main entry:

Robson, David G., author.

Title & Author:

In search of Bawa : master architect of Sri Lanka / David Robson ; photography by Sebastian Posingis.

Publication:

[Singapore] : Talisman Publishing Pte Ltd, 2016.

Description:

141 pages : colour illustrations, maps, plans ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

9810999720 hardback
9789810999728 hardback

Subject:

Bawa, Geoffrey, 1919-2003 Criticism and interpretation.
Bawa, Geoffrey, 1919-2003.
Architecture Sri Lanka 20th century.
Vernacular architecture Influence.
Architecture vernaculaire Influence.
Architecture.
Sri Lanka.

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Added entries:

Posingis, Sebastian, photographer.

Bawa master architect of Sri Lanka

Holdings:

Location: Library main 294715
Call No.: BIB 240534
Status: Available

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