Deshamanya Geoffrey Manning Bawa, FRIBA was a Sri Lankan architect.
10 Facts About Geoffrey Bawa
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Geoffrey Bawa was among the most influential Asian architects of his generation.
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Geoffrey Bawa was born in Colombo on 23 July 1919, the youngest of two sons to Major Benjamin Bawa, Sri Lankan lawyer, who was of part European parentage, and Bertha Marianne nee Schrader, a Burgher of mixed Sinhalese, German and Scottish descent.
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Geoffrey Bawa bought an abandoned rubber estate on the south-west coast of the island between Colombo and Galle at Lunuganga, planning to create an Italian garden from a tropical wilderness.
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In 1952 Reid died, but Geoffrey Bawa still aspired to a career in architecture, so he returned to England.
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Geoffrey Bawa was influenced by colonial and traditional Ceylonese architecture, and the role of water in it, but rejected both the idea of regionalism and the imposition of preconceived forms onto a site.
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Geoffrey Bawa became an Associate of the Sri Lanka Institute of Architects in 1960.
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Geoffrey Bawa influenced a generation of architects in Sri Lanka after him, but his legacy was embraced in Asia and around the world.
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Geoffrey Bawa's work was mainly in Sri Lanka, but included several other countries as well: nine times in India, three times in Indonesia, twice in Mauritius and once in Fiji, and Singapore.
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Geoffrey Bawa's works include houses, hotels, schools, clubs, offices and government buildings, most notably the Sri Lankan Parliament Building.