Geoffrey Bawa Archives - Lanka Business News

March 26, 2025

The late architect Geoffrey Bawa established a trust in 1982 with a mandate to ensure the advancement of art, architecture, ecology and environmental sciences. More than four decades on, this work continues with an expanding team dedicated to Bawa’s vision. The Geoffrey Bawa Trust first established a curatorial team in 2018 to design a programme […]

March 11, 2025

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As one of the 20th century’s most influential architects, Geoffrey Bawa’s contribution to modern Sri Lankan interior design is sometimes overlooked. Often collaborating with friends and colleagues, his breadth of interior and decorative work included designing and commissioning furniture, fittings, and art that inhabited his architectural spaces. Bawa’s designs embodied the social, economic, […]

January 21, 2025

An exhibition focusing on furniture and its role in the wider context of Bawa’s practice is now open in Colombo. Design in the Moment: Furniture by the Geoffrey Bawa Practice closely examines the histories and context of Bawa’s furniture designs and considers how they can be meaningful for contemporary use. This exhibition is a collaborative […]

December 17, 2024

The late Sri Lankan architect Geoffrey Bawa (1919-2003) was known primarily for his architecture, but he also created a series of contemporary furniture designs throughout his five-decade practice. With regards to this custom built furniture, he was known to say “We did what was thought to be right in that moment.” This “moment” is the […]

November 25, 2024

Central to Geoffrey Bawa’s practice was his emphasis on local craftsmanship and materials. The late architect once said, “The contribution of the makers, particularly the older carpenters and masons who are passionate about what they do, is equal to or more, in some cases than ours.” The Geoffrey Bawa Trust continues to engage […]

October 1, 2024

The exhibition Geoffrey Bawa: It is Essential to be There, opened at the Yale School of Architecture Gallery. Sri Lankan architect Geoffrey Bawa’s work has been shown around the world including in New York in 1986, yet this is the first exhibition to examine the architect’s five-decade practice through an extensive review of the archives […]

August 5, 2024

The 2024 Geoffrey Bawa Memorial Lecture will be delivered by architect and educator Anupama Kundoo at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, 9th August at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute (No.100, Sri Lanka Padanama Mawatha, Independence Square, Colombo 7). Her talk is titled “Rethinking Material Resources alongside Human Resourcefulness.” This annual event organised by the […]

July 17, 2024

Between 11th and 14th July 2024, the Geoffrey Bawa Trust launched the third season of their ongoing programme, To Lunuganga, which celebrated 75 years of Geoffrey Bawa’s garden. A series of multivocal projects took place over the past twelve months during Seasons 1 and 2 of the programme under the themes “nature and the natural,” […]

June 19, 2024

Architect Geoffrey Bawa is widely known for designing buildings including the Sri Lankan Parliament and multiple institutions. The ways of inhabiting these spaces made Bawa’s personal garden, Lunuganga, all the more striking as a place that encouraged limitless self-expression from both an architectural and personal standpoint. The Order of Nature is an ongoing project at […]

May 13, 2024

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Geoffrey Bawa once wrote of Lunuganga, his sprawling Bentota garden and longest-running project: “Nature had often provided marvellous scenes and settings, but equally often human imagination and invention had emphasised this beauty.” Tree Talks, a new podcast by the Geoffrey Bawa Trust, taps into this intersection between nature and humankind by exploring wider narratives rooted […]

Geoffrey Bawa Trust Careers: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Museum Work

Creative Collaborations: Showcasing Furniture from the Geoffrey Bawa Collection

Spotlighting furniture from the Geoffrey Bawa Collection

Design in the Moment: Furniture by the Geoffrey Bawa Practice Opens in Colombo

Celebrating Handmade Products by Artisans and Small Businesses: The Geoffrey Bawa Design Store and December Design Market

Geoffrey Bawa: It is Essential to be There: exhibition at Yale Architecture Gallery

21st Annual Geoffrey Bawa Memorial Lecture by Anupama Kundoo

The Final Season of the First of its Kind: To Lunuganga Season 3 Launch

The Order of Nature and Queer Histories at Lunuganga

Tree Talks, A Podcast Unearthing the Stories of Lunuganga