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Geoffrey Bawa: The Complete Works
David Robson
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Description for Geoffrey Bawa: The Complete Works
Hardback. Sri Lankan architect Geoffrey Bawa 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. Num Pages: 278 pages, 500 illustrations, (250 colour ) maps, chronology, glossary, index. BIC Classification: AMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 287 x 269 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1908.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
278
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
Number of Pages
278
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780500341872
SKU
V9780500341872
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Ref
99-28
About David Robson
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.
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