Description
| Product ID: | 9781780679136 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | In Search of BAWA |
| Subtitle: | Master Architect of Sri Lanka |
| Authors: | Author: David Robson |
| Page Count: | 144 |
| Subjects: | Individual architects and architectural firms, Individual architects & architectural firms, Sri Lanka (Ceylon), 20th century, c 2000 to c 2010 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 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 |
| Imprint Name: | Laurence King Publishing |
| Publisher Name: | BIS |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2016-09-15 |