BAWA: The Complete Works by David Robson Sri Lankan architecture hacking becomes a tactic of

hacking becomes a tactic of war

A Thirst for Empire takes a vast and in-depth historical look at how men and women--through the tea industry in Europe

Books like his popular Travels in a Palanquin were translated into the major European languages

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The East India Company’s founding charter authorised it to ‘wage war’ and it had always used violence to gain its ends

BAWA: The Complete Works by David Robson Sri Lankan architecture hacking becomes a tactic ofSri Lankan architect Geoffrey Bawa and the buildings he created have become legendary in the region and influential around the world. Few architects achieved his harmonious fusion of local building traditions with modern forms and sensibility Bawa's early works were houses that artfully married vernacular styles and responses to climate and site with a modern architectural vocabulary. Soon his talents were applied on a larger scale, to the Sri Lanka