Today marks the centenary of Geoffrey Bawa’s birth. The next 12 months will see a plethora of events, exhibitions, installations and talks unfolding across Sri Lanka to celebrate the legendary architect’s life and work. My introduction to Bawa was over a decade ago, at Number 11 in Colombo, a gnarly plumeria standing guard outside. He’d studied and practised law in England and Colombo, but quit after his mother died in 1946. So he took on an architectural apprenticeship with HH Reid in Colombo and later enrolled at the Architectural Association, London, qualifying as an architect at the age of 38.

Source: The Hindu July 23, 2019 07:51 UTC