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About Geoffrey Bawa
- Deshamanya Geoffrey Manning Bawa, FRIBA (23 July 1919 – 27 May 2003) was a Sri Lankan architect.
- He was among the most influential Asian architects of his generation.
- He is the principal force behind what is today known globally as "tropical modernism"."It's no exaggeration to say that architect Geoffrey Bawa transformed the look of South-East Asia.
- And yet what he did is so subtle that we almost take it for granted today.
- In short, Bawa-tailored modern buildings to a specific environment.
- It hardly seems revolutionary and yet no one else had done anything like it in the region."
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