Bawa Gardens Sri Lanka

Dominic has co authored (no doubt gloriously photographed) "The Bawa gardens of Sri Lanka" - a new book about two legendary Sri Lankan gardens. Namely Geofry Bawa's Lunuganga and his Brother Bevis's "Brief" garden. The book will no doubt fill a long standing void in documenting the common aesthetic sensibility that links the two Bawa …

Lunuganga bells

Geoffrey Bawa's Lunuganga garden is an emphatic celebration of bells - specifically out door bells. According to the book "Lunuganga" there are 14 bells scattered through out the garden Each a fusion of symbolism and utility. Every Lunuganga bell has a distinctive sound. I was told that Geoffrey Bawa used the bells to indicate his …

Updated directions to Bevis Bawa’s Brief gardens

I updated my post with a map to Bevis Bawa's Brief gardens. Added images of the landmarks mentioned in the map along with some comments about them. However the information on that post is now more than an year old. I have not been able to go that way since mid July 2007. Things may …

Bevis Bawa’s Bookshelf

Bookshelves reveal interesting things about the owners. Particularly in the themes and sensibilities suggested by reoccurring subjects and authors. Bevis Bawa's bookshelves are no different. There is a lot of pages behind the glass doors of wall size book cases. Brief's creator was interested in words - seems he was a popular newspaper columnist in …

Bevis Bawa’s Brief garden – how to get there: map, directions, photos of landmarks

This post contains a map to Bevis Bawa's Brief garden and images of landmarks mentioned on the map. They are listed in the order of the numbers on the map. Update with Google Map - 2012 Disclaimer The map (as you can see from the many ass covering disclaimer on it) is not anywhere near …