Wednesday 27 August 2008

Lunugunga - Geoffrey Bawa

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  The Lunuganga residence is the masterwork of the late Sri Lankan architect Geoffrey Bawa, who John Balasoglou at Newmarket's Aalto Books reckons "was among the most influential figures in South Asia in the latter half of the twentieth century."Lunuganga-Small-Two

     In houses, hotels, public buildings, and perhaps his greatest achievement, his residential complex in Lunuganga, Bawa achieved the harmonious and pleasurable fusion of local building traditions with modern forms.
ft4-1    His legacy lives on in current architectural practice and remains an important source of inspiration for generations of architects. Bawa was the principal force behind what is today known globally as "tropical modernism," and examples of his ideas can be found in Sri Lanka, Singapore, and Bali, and in resorts and residences throughout wider Asia.

0500342385 You can read more about Lunuganga here and at the official site, and you can buy David Robson's new book on Bawa's work (right) at Aalto Books, 8 Railway St, Newmarket.  Let them know I sent you.  :)

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