Geoffrey Bawa Drawing From The Archives

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Geoffrey Bawa Drawing From The Archives

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Author : Sean Anderson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023-01-04

Geoffrey Bawa Drawing From The Archives written by Sean Anderson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-01-04 with ARCHITECTURE categories.

Beautifully executed architectural drawings from the great Sri Lankan architect The Sri Lankan architect Geoffrey Bawa fused sensitivity for local context with the technological discoveries and design principles of modernism. Accordingly, Bawa often incorporated materials (local stone and timber) and layouts (high roofs, cross-ventilation, vast overhangs) specific to Sri Lanka's monsoon climate and storied architectural history--from the cave monasteries of the Anuradhapura period to the feudal Walauwa style of manor houses--into his modernist designs. Gathering together essays by scholars and writers across a multitude of disciplines--including architecture, photography, geography, urban design and art history--this volume spotlights Bawa's exceptionally beautiful architectural drawings, delving into the central, multipronged role of the medium in his practice, from ideation to instruction to post-construction review. The anthology also explores the identity of post-independence Sri Lanka, which Bawa helped to shape--aesthetically and, less overtly, ideologically. Featuring over 200 lush drawings and photographs, many of which have never been published before, the book promises to engage both general and scholarly audiences with interests in architecture, drawing and archives. Geoffrey Bawa (1919-2003) was a Sri Lankan architect who designed the country's new Parliament building at Kotte, completed in 1982. While Bawa mostly worked within Sri Lanka, he also completed projects in several other countries, including India, Indonesia, Mauritius, Japan, Pakistan, Fiji, Egypt and Singapore. His works include houses, hotels, schools, clubs, offices and government buildings.

Lunuganga

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Author : Geoffrey Bawa
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006

Lunuganga written by Geoffrey Bawa and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Lunuganga (Sri Lanka) categories.

Geoffrey Bawa

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Author : David G. Robson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002

Geoffrey Bawa written by David G. Robson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Architecture categories.

This is a definitive and comprehensive monograph on one of the 20th century's greatest architects, Geoffrey Bawa, whose influence has extended to garden and landscape design.

Geoffrey Bawa A Conscious Perception

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Author : Nivi Ann Monsy
language : en
Publisher: Manipal Universal Press
Release Date : 2015-04-20

Geoffrey Bawa A Conscious Perception written by Nivi Ann Monsy and has been published by Manipal Universal Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-20 with Architecture categories.

This book is all about giving the readers a peek view into the life of Geoffrey Bawa; Sri Lanka’s most famous architect… a book that reveals an insight into his work through his most famous projects accompanied by beautiful hand drawn illustrations. Alluring and simply authentic, these self-narrative illustrations are a result of a personal experience. This book will give readers an understanding of how successfully Geoffrey Bawa had inculcated spaces, vistas and landscape with that of the built environment bringing about a touch of Modern Tropism and fusing it together with the rich culture and traditions of Sri Lanka.

Bawa The Sri Lanka Gardens

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Author : David Robson
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2017-06-06

Bawa The Sri Lanka Gardens written by David Robson and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-06 with Gardening categories.

The story of two talented landscape designer brothers and their exquisite gardens set in the lush landscape of Sri Lanka The work of architect Geoffrey Bawa achieved a unique fusion of vernacular style and modern construction incorporating the lush tropical landscape of his native Sri Lanka. Although his architectural work and its influence have been well documented, less attention has been paid to his work on gardens. His most famous garden is the one he created for himself at his estate, Lunuganga, and it is rivaled by Brief, the lesser-known garden of his brother, Bevis. Evolving over several decades, these two gardens and their outbuildings and sculptures represent high points of tropical design, in which architecture and landscape are intertwined. Bawa: The Sri Lanka Gardens is the story of two brothers and their exquisite gardens. It begins with an overview of Sri Lanka’s rich horticultural tradition and the cultural background that inspired the Bawas’ sensitive treatment of architecture, and then records the familial relationship between Geoffrey and Bevis Bawa, and their distinctive individual differences and inspirations. David Robson takes the reader on a tour around Brief and Lunuganga through rich photo essays and revealing descriptions, while glorious images reveal the aesthetic considerations and architectural mastery of the gardens’ creators.

Geoffrey Bawa

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Author : Brian Brace Taylor
language : en
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Release Date : 1995

Geoffrey Bawa written by Brian Brace Taylor and has been published by Thames & Hudson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Architecture categories.

An updated book including the full range of Sri-Lankan born Geoffrey Bawa's architectural designs. It examines the Kandalama Hotel in Dambullah, the house on the Cinnamon Hill at Lunuganga, and his achievements in Sri Lanka and other parts of southern Asia. Personal in his approach, Bawa balances an appreciation of the western humanist tradition in architecture with local needs and lifestyles.

In Search Of Bawa

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Author : Robson David
language : en
Publisher: Laurence King Publishing
Release Date : 2017-04-04

In Search Of Bawa written by Robson David and has been published by Laurence King Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-04 with Art categories.

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

Poul Kj Rholm

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Author : Michael Sheridan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006

Poul Kj Rholm written by Michael Sheridan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Antiques & Collectibles categories.

The Danish architect and industrial designer Poul Kjaerholm has always been quietly revered in Modernist design circles, but in recent years his work has attained cult status amongst a younger generation of designers and connoisseurs. This exquisite monograph presents a comprehensive retrospective view of Kjaerholm's work, and also shows the history out of which his aesthetic grew. It features seven shorter essays by the American architect and Kjaerholm expert Michael Sheridan, along with several hundred photographs and descriptive copy. It is the deepest and widest ranging study of Kjaerholm's work to date.

Unbuilt

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Author : Christopher Beanland
language : en
Publisher: Batsford Books
Release Date : 2021-09-02

Unbuilt written by Christopher Beanland and has been published by Batsford Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-02 with Architecture categories.

Unbuilt tells the stories of the plans, drawings and proposals that emerged during the 20th century in an unparalleled era of optimism in architecture. Many of these grand projects stayed on the drawing board, some were flights of fancy that couldn't be built, and in other cases test structures or parts of buildings did emerge in the real world. The book features the work of Buckminster Fuller, Geoffrey Bawa, Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright and Archigram, as well as contemporary architects such as Norman Foster, Zaha Hadid, Will Alsop and Rem Koolhaas. Richly illustrated with photographs, drawings, maps, collages and models from all over the world, it covers everything from Buckminster Fuller's plan for a 'Domed city' in Manhattan to Le Corbusier's utopian dream of skyscraper living in central Paris, from a proposed network of motorways ploughing through central London to a crazy-looking scheme for 'rolling pavements' in post-war Berlin. This is an important book, not just for the rich stories of what might have been in our built world, but also to give understanding to the motivations and dreams of architects, sometimes to build a better world, but sometimes to pander to egos. It includes plans that pushed the boundaries – from plug-in cities, moving cities, space cities, domes and floating cities to Maglev, teleportation and rockets. Many ideas were just ahead of their time, and some, thankfully, we were always better without.

The Memory Palace

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Author : Edward Hollis
language : en
Publisher: Catapult
Release Date : 2015-07-28

The Memory Palace written by Edward Hollis and has been published by Catapult this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-28 with Architecture categories.

A brilliant, ambitious follow–up to The Secret Lives of Buildings, in which Hollis turns his focus from the great architectural constructions of the past to the now–vanished chambers they once contained. The rooms we live in are always more than just four walls. As we decorate these spaces and fill them with objects and friends, they shape our lives and become the backdrop to our sense of self. one day, the structures will be gone, but even then, traces of the stories and the memories they contained will persist. In this dazzling work of imaginative reconstruction, edward Hollis takes us to the sites of great abodes now lost to history and piecing together the fragments that remain, re–creates their vanished chambers. From Rome's palatine to the old palace of Westminster and the petit Trianon at Versailles, from the sets of MGM studios in Hollywood to the pavilions of the Crystal palace and the author's own grandmother's sitting room, The Memory Palace is a glittering treasure trove of luminous forgotten places and the alluring people who lived in them.