Lunuganga
Geoffrey Bawa
Marshall Cavendish Editions, 2006

Hardcover | 10-1/2 x 12 inches | 220 pages | English | ISBN: 978-9812618443

PUBLISHER'S DESCRIPTION:
Lunuganga is considered today, as being one of the great private gardens of the Twentieth century. It is now administered by the Lunuganga Trust and can be visited by prior appointment. Lunuganga, is the enchanting creation of the Sri Lankan architect Geoffrey Bawa. He transformed an abandoned rubber estate in Southwest Sri Lanka, and created a series of carefully orchestrated, mystical gardens - a place of varying moods and sensations. This book contains a series of stunning black and white photographs, taken by two of Bawa's closest friends - Christoph Bon and Dominic Sansoni. The text in the book is by Geoffrey Bawa himself, offering an exciting insight into this charismatic architect's innovative way of thinking. Geoffrey Bawa was born in Sri Lanka in 1919. In a career which spanned four decades he built such memorable projects as the Sri Lanka Parliament at Kotte, the Ruhunu University Campus and the Kandalama Hotel, establishing himself as one of the most important Asian architects of his generation. Geoffrey Bawa died in 2003 after a long illness and his ashes were scattered on the Cinnamon Hill at the heart of the garden which he had fashioned for over 50 years.
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dDAB COMMENTARY:
In my recent review of photographer Giovanna Silva's new book, Mr. Bawa I Presume, I mentioned two main pro...