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David Robson - In Search of BAWA, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

In Search of BAWA

Master Architect of Sri Lanka

Av David Robson

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This book answers some important questions about Geoffrey Bawa, Sri Lanka’s pre-eminent architect, and his legacy. A sizeable introductionto 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
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2016-09-15
  • Mått: 210 x 234 x 19 mm
  • Vikt: 780 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 144
  • Förlag: BIS
  • Medarbetare: Sebastian Posingis
  • ISBN: 9781780679136
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David Robson is an architect, academic and writer who had a personalfriendship with Geoffrey Bawa. He is Bawa’s official biographer, havingpublished three books — BAWA: The Complete Works (2003), Beyond Bawa(2005) and Bawa: The Sri Lankan Gardens (2009). He is also the author ofAnjalendran: An Architect of Sri Lanka (2011) and wrote the texts for TheArchitectural Heritage of Sri Lanka (2015), a historical portfolio of manyof the island’s architectural treasures that features scores of measureddrawings from Anjalendran’s studio. During a long and illustrious career,David has contributed to many academic journals and books.Sebastian Posingis spent much of his childhood in Sri Lanka and Indiaand gained a degree in anthropology from the University of Canterburyin the UK before turning to his first love as an architectural photographer.He contributed the photographs for The New Sri Lankan House (2015),a showcase of the island’s latest residential architecture, as well as someof the photos for Sri Lanka — The Island from Above (2015). His clients haveincluded the Four Seasons hotel group, Waldorf Astoria and Conrad Hotels& Resorts. His work has also appeared in Der Spiegel, New York Times,Washington Post, Financial Times, Geo Magazine, International HeraldTribune, CondE Nast Traveller and Vanity Fair.

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