Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Lunuganga. The country house & home of Geoffrey Bawa.


A view of the ponds at the south east corner of the property.
From the Sri Lanka stock photography web site www.threeblindmen.com

Sunday, September 21, 2008

SRI LANKA. LUNUGANGA - the country home and garden of Geoffrey Bawa.

One of my all time favourite places - to visit, to stay, (the food is simple and excellent).
It is now open to the public for tours and stays. The following text is taken from www.geoffreybawa.com

Lunuganga is the garden residence of the eminent Sri Lankan architect Geoffrey Bawa. Developed over a period of 50 years Lunuganga is about an hours drive from the capital Colombo. The garden, house and a series of villas occupy 15 acres of land, which overlook the Dedduwa lake and bird island sanctuary.
Geoffrey Bawa first acquired Lunuganga in 1948 and has used it ever since as a retreat, a place of contemplation integral to his architectural practice. The garden has also been an ongoing preoccupation in which Bawa has experimented, cultivated and developed his ideas about the relationship between landscape, architecture and space.

Saturday, September 20, 2008

Monday, September 08, 2008

India. Photo Stock Library at www.threeblindmen.com


Udaipur. Elephant and doorway. www.threeblindmen.com for more photographs of India.

India. Stock Library at www.threeblindmen.com


Young Mr. Ghouse at the entrance to his home in Nagapattinam in South India. He is of Malay/Vietnamese origin. Thats his small brother in the doorway.