![]() ![]() He is also the author of Anjalendran: An Architect of Sri Lanka (2011) and wrote the texts for The Architectural Heritage of Sri Lanka (2015), a historical portfolio of many of the island’s architectural treasures that features scores of measured drawings from Anjalendran’s studio. He is Bawa’s official biographer, having published three books – BAWA: The Complete Works (2003), Beyond Bawa (2005) and Bawa: The Sri Lankan Gardens (2009). The book ends with a brief section on buildings that have been transformed, lost or are at risk for one reason or another.ĭavid Robson is an architect, academic and writer who had a personal friendship with Geoffrey Bawa. Each is representative of Bawa’s pioneering work on tropical modernism. ![]() ![]() 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. Many are considered “pilgrimage sites” by up-and-coming architects, designers and lay people interested in his extraordinary and enduring talent. This precedes a site-by-site tour of 45 of his buildings scatterd throughout Sri Lanka. A sizeable introduction to Bawa’s world, life, education and work is reviewed by eminent Bawa scholar, David Robson. Book Review: In Search of Bawa the Master Architect of Sri Lanka – This book answers some important questions about Geoffrey Bawa, Sri Lanka’s pre-eminent architect, and his legacy. ![]()
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