Geoffrey Bawa Trust Publications
Books
Geoffrey Bawa: Drawing from the Archives
Size: 19 × 28 cm
Year of Design: 2023
Edited by: Shayari de Silva
With contributions by: Sean Anderson, Geoffrey Bawa, Channa Daswatte, Jyoti Dhar, Tariq Jazeel, Meghal Perera, Suhanya Raffel, Shayari de Silva, Michael Snelling, Shirley Surya
Designed by: Thilini Perera, Integral Lars Müller/Lars Müller
Published by: Lars Müller Publishers
Pages: 248
Format: Hardcover
The Sri Lankan architect Geoffrey Bawa (1919–2003) fused sensitivity for local context with the technological discoveries and design principles of modernism in his work. 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 Walauwwa style of manor houses – into his modernist designs.
Gathering 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.
Gilding the Lily
Size: 26 × 26cm
Year of Design: 2002
Author: Rajiva Wijesinha
Design: Copyline
Pages: 108
Format: Hardcover
Ena De Silva Aluwihare's multi faceted life was celebrated through a publication put together by her nephew Rajiva Wijesinha and funded by the Geoffrey Bawa Trust. Titled 'Guilding the Lily', it was presented to her as a surprise for her 80th birthday in 2002.
Celebrating Ena De Silva Aluwihare for her lifetime contributions to architecture and Sri Lankan traditions of related craft is tantamount to gilding the lily. One can only wish her on her 93th birthday by adding as she once memorably did "Darling, what are lilies for?" (C. Anjalendran (June 2011, modified slightly October 2015)
Geoffrey Bawa | 1919–2003
Size: 14.8 × 21cm
Year of Design: 2011
Author: Channa Daswatte, David Robson, Senake Bandaranayake
Pages: 56
Format: Paperback
This book offers a brief introduction to the life and works of Geoffrey Bawa, a true master and guru, and one of the great asian architects of his age.
Colonial Period Furniture in the Geoffrey Bawa Collection
Size: 21 × 27cm
Year of Design: 2012
Author: Channa Daswatte
Editor: Sharmini Pereira
Designer: Emile Molin
Pages: 171
Format: Hardcover
The book is the first comprehensive catalogue of any of the furniture collections in Geoffrey Bawa's collection. Organized by types of use, the book includes meticulous measured drawings and black and white photographs of almost all the pieces in the collection, many of these books record pieces that are inaccessible to public view and represent almost 200 years of occidental involvement in the decorative arts in Sri Lanka.
Laki: The life and work of the artist Laki Senanayake
Size: 21 × 24cm
Year of Design: 2014
Author: Ronald Lewcock
Design: Nelun Harasgama
Pages: 187
Format: Hardcover
The Geoffrey Bawa Trust published a comprehensive book covering a range of Laki Senanayake's artistic talents. This book includes examples of the Laki's work in drawings, paintings and sculptures.
Laki collaborated with Geoffrey Bawa continuously till his demise and this artistic partnership led to the creation of some of the masterpieces which are featured in this book. By publishing this book, the Geoffrey Bawa Trust gave an opportunity to a wider audience to understand Laki's work and appreciate his extraordinary talents.
The Greedy Forest–Colombo Exhibition Catalogue 2018
Size: 14.8 × 21cm
Year of Design: 2018
Editor: Cynthia Rosenfeld
Curator: Max Moya
Authors: Max Moya,
C. Anjalendran, Channa Daswatte, Shayari de Silva
Design: GH Resources
Pages: 122
Format: Paperback
This exhibition catalogue explores the inimitable landscaped environments of Laki Senanayake, tantalizingly gestated years earlier in his drawings and sculptures. Through extensive research carried out by curator Max Moya, the catalogue and the exhibition of the same title presents an incisive and profound understanding of Laki’s work.
Mining drawings, sketches, publications and ephemera from a range of archives, including Laki’s own and the Geoffrey Bawa Collection, the exhibition looks at Laki’s oeuvre of landscapes as they are situated within his artistic practice. Positing that there is an ideal forest in Laki Senanayake’s mind that is the subject of most of his work, the exhibition tries to understand this fantasy space. This is the first edition of ‘The Greedy Forest’ catalogue supporting the exhibition of the same title that took place at the Barefoot Gallery in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
The Greedy Forest–Colombo Exhibition Catalogue 2019
Size: 14.8 × 21cm
Year of Design: 2019
Editor: Cynthia Rosenfeld
Curator: Max Moya
Authors: Max Moya,
C. Anjalendran, Channa Daswatte, Shayari de Silva
Design: GH Resources
Pages: 130
Format: Paperback
This exhibition catalogue explores the inimitable landscaped environments of Laki Senanayake, tantalizingly gestated years earlier in his drawings and sculptures. Through extensive research carried out by curator Max Moya, the catalogue and the exhibition of the same title presents an incisive and profound understanding of Laki’s work.
Mining drawings, sketches, publications and ephemera from a range of archives, including Laki’s own and the Geoffrey Bawa Collection, the exhibition looks at Laki’s oeuvre of landscapes as they are situated within his artistic practice. Positing that there is an ideal forest in Laki Senanayake’s mind that is the subject of most of his work, the exhibition tries to understand this fantasy space. This is the second edition of ‘The Greedy Forest’ catalogue supporting the exhibition of the same title that took place at No.05 @ Lunuganga; as part of the Bawa 100 programme.
Triennial Geoffrey Bawa Awards Catalogues
Geoffrey Bawa Awards Catalogue, 2008
Size: 20cm x 20cm
Year of Design: 2008
Pages: 30
Format: Paperback
Geoffrey Bawa Awards Catalogue, 2017
Size: 20cm x 20cm
Year of Design: 2017
Pages: 42
Format: Paperback
Geoffrey Bawa Awards Catalogue, 2011
Size: 20cm x 20cm
Year of Design: 2011
Pages: 50
Format: Paperback
Geoffrey Bawa Awards Catalogue, 2008
Size: 20cm x 20cm
Year of Design: 2014
Pages: 50
Format: Paperback
Exhibition Catalogues
A Transit Through Paradise–Fiona Hall, 1999
Size: 18cm x 20cm
Year of Design: 1999
Pages: 16
Format: Paperback
Leaf Letter–Exhibition by Fiona Hall,
2002
Size: 14.8cm x 21cm
Year of Design: 2002
Pages: 24
Format: Paperback
Geoffrey Bawa–Exhibition of Architectural Drawings and Photographs, 2002
Size: 14.8cm x 21cm
Year of Design: 2002
Pages: 48
Format: Paperback
