Geoffrey Bawa: The Complete Works - Hardcover

Robson, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0500341877 ISBN 13: 9780500341872

Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2002

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Synopsis:

Sri Lankan architect Geoffrey Bawa, born 1919, fused local construction traditions with modern forms and sensibility to create harmonious and pleasurable buildings that have become legendary in the region and influential around the world. This volume is a documentation and appreciation of the man and his work. Part One contains three chapters on Bawa's early life, the history of Sri Lankan architecture and Bawa's first firm, which he eventually took over. Part Two, comprising four chapters, is the heart of the book and presents all Bawa's major works by project, through extensive texts, drawings and plans. Part Three features two chapters: a long, single chapter devoted to Bawa's two life-long projects - his house in Colombo and his estate Lunuganga - which came to encapsulate his entire oeuvre; and a postscript which sums up the work and describes its relevance to contemporary architectural practice.

About the Author:

David Robson is the authority on Bawa, with whom he was close friends for over thirty years. He is Professor of Architecture at the University of Brighton and Visiting Professor at the National University of Singapore.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0500341877
• ISBN 13: 9780500341872
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 278