Römerberg 2017 – Room in hotel Pfälzer Hof
Römerberg 2017 – View from my hotel room
** Miami Beach (Fla) USA ** - 11
The George Hotel at Wallingford
** Miami Beach (Fla) USA ** -12
The Jerome Grand Hotel – Hill Street, Jerome, Ariz…
Spirit Room – Main Street, Jerome, Arizona
Weißenfels 2017 – Hotel Jägerhof
The George Hotel at Dorchester
The White Hart Hotel
Rain drops and reflections a window on a wet night
Leipzig 2017 – Hotel Innside
Lipari- Hotel Tritone Thermal Pool
sunlight on the Kings Arms
Lipari- Hotel Tritone
Panarea- Quartara Hotel
boring Kings Arms pub sign
Marlborough Arms coaching inn
Taormina- Luxury Hotel
Taormina- Hotel Caparena- Pool
Taormina- Hotel Caparena- Garden
Taormina- Hotel Caparena- Garden
Taormina- Hotel Caparena- Date Palm
Taormina- Hotel Caparena- Al Fresco Dining
The Angel posting house
The Queen Hotel at Aldershot
Great Western House
past the Crown & Cushion
flags out at the Crown & Cushion
The Kings Arms at Woodstock
Tilburg 2017 – Hotel room
Royal Oxford Hotel
Woerden 2017 – Former Armory from 1762
View from a terrace
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** Miami Beach (Fla) USA ** - 10
Park Tower, Knightsbridge
passing the Lanesborough
royal hotel, ross-on-wye, herefs.
Hyde Park Hilton
anchor hotel, brighlingsea, essex
anchor hotel, brightlingsea, essex
anchor hotel, brightlingsea, essex
Igalo- Palmon Bay Hotel- Pool Bar
Igalo- Palmon Bay Hotel- Pool Bar
Igalo- Palmon Bay Hotel- Paddling Pool
Igalo- Palmon Bay Hotel- Olive Tree Restaurant
Igalo- Disused Hotel
Igalo- Palmon Bay Hotel- Panorama Bar
Igalo- Palmon Bay Hotel- Panorama Bar
Igalo- View from Palmon Bay Hotel
Igalo- View from Palmon Bay Hotel
Herceg Novi- Hotel Plaza
Igalo- Palmon Bay Hotel Swimming Pool
Igalo- Palmon Bay Hotel Swimming Pool
Chandler Inn
Igalo- Palmon Bay Hotel and Spa
Pen & Parchment at Stratford
The Seven Stars at Warwick
Regent Hotel at Leamington Spa
The Red Lion at Atherstone
Turin 2017 – Chelsea Hotel
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Geoffrey Manning Bawa (23 July 1919 – 27 May 2003) was a Sri Lankan architect. He is the most renowned architect in Sri Lanka and was among the most influential Asian architects of his generation. He is the principal force behind what is today known globally as "Tropical Modernism".
He was born half British, and being orphaned at a very early age. He got his Law degree from London and came back to Sri Lanka to work as a lawyer, following the Bawa family tradition. He soon grew weary of being a lawyer and went on a vacation to Italy where he was utterly captivated by the Italian gardens and had to resist buying an Italian lake house. This is where tropical, Mediterranean architecture and landscaping got stuck in his head. He came back to Sri Lanka and bought a rubber plantation in the Bentota area in 1948, to make his own garden home. However, finding that he lacked in skills and technicalities, he left for London to study as an architect. In 1957, he was a qualified architect and back home. He began planning and designing his Lunuganga country home. He took serious inspiration from Italian renaissance gardens and gave it a subtle modern twist.
Geoffrey and his brother Bevis were part of a milieu of sophisticated homosexuals who were drawn to the idea of Ceylon as a place of beauty, sensuality and escape. Bawa's architecture is at one with the land: inside and outside blend seamlessly, and it is designed for the maximum pleasure of its inhabitants. He was influenced by colonial and traditional Ceylonese architecture, and the role of water in it, but rejected both the idea of regionalism and the imposition of preconceived forms onto a site.
Bawa became an Associate of the Sri Lanka Institute of Architects in 1960. An ensuing close association with a coterie of like-minded artists and designers, including Ena de Silva, Barbara Sansoni and Laki Senanayake, produced a new awareness of indigenous materials and crafts, leading to a post-colonial renaissance of culture.
He was born half British, and being orphaned at a very early age. He got his Law degree from London and came back to Sri Lanka to work as a lawyer, following the Bawa family tradition. He soon grew weary of being a lawyer and went on a vacation to Italy where he was utterly captivated by the Italian gardens and had to resist buying an Italian lake house. This is where tropical, Mediterranean architecture and landscaping got stuck in his head. He came back to Sri Lanka and bought a rubber plantation in the Bentota area in 1948, to make his own garden home. However, finding that he lacked in skills and technicalities, he left for London to study as an architect. In 1957, he was a qualified architect and back home. He began planning and designing his Lunuganga country home. He took serious inspiration from Italian renaissance gardens and gave it a subtle modern twist.
Geoffrey and his brother Bevis were part of a milieu of sophisticated homosexuals who were drawn to the idea of Ceylon as a place of beauty, sensuality and escape. Bawa's architecture is at one with the land: inside and outside blend seamlessly, and it is designed for the maximum pleasure of its inhabitants. He was influenced by colonial and traditional Ceylonese architecture, and the role of water in it, but rejected both the idea of regionalism and the imposition of preconceived forms onto a site.
Bawa became an Associate of the Sri Lanka Institute of Architects in 1960. An ensuing close association with a coterie of like-minded artists and designers, including Ena de Silva, Barbara Sansoni and Laki Senanayake, produced a new awareness of indigenous materials and crafts, leading to a post-colonial renaissance of culture.
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