中文简介：

斯里兰卡建筑师杰弗里·巴瓦（Geoffrey Bawa，1919-2003）在作品中融合了对当地环境的敏感性与现代主义的技术发现和设计原则。因此，巴瓦经常将特定于斯里兰卡季风气候和悠久建筑历史的材料和布局融入他的现代主义设计中，从阿努拉达普拉时期的洞穴寺庙到封建时期的瓦劳瓦庄园。本书收集了来自多个学科的学者和作家的文章，包括建筑，摄影，地理，城市设计和艺术史，突出了巴瓦异常美丽的建筑图纸，深入探讨了这种媒介在他的实践中所扮演的核心、多方位的角色，从构思到指导到施工后审查。本书还探讨了独立后斯里兰卡的身份，巴瓦从审美和意识形态上帮助塑造了它的身份。本书收录了200多幅精美的图纸和照片，其中许多从未发表过，将吸引对建筑、绘图和档案有兴趣的普通读者和学术界人士。

英文简介：

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 Walauwa 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.