The Genius of the Place - Trailer
The Genius of the Place
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Geoffrey Bawa (1919-2003) is widely regarded as one of South Asia’s most important architects of the 20th century - the equivalent of Frank Lloyd Wright in America, Luis Barragan in Mexico or Oscar Niemayer in Brazil.
Despite many challenges throughout the years - the restrictions of building materials in post-war Sri Lanka, a thirty year Civil War that fractured the country, opposition from environmental and religious groups to one of his projects, and a series of strokes that left him paralyzed - Bawa prevailed, creating a body of work that is legendary in scale, scope and ambition.
Festivals & Awards
2023 - Architecture and Design Film Festival NEW YORK - US
2023 - Newport Beach Film Festival - US
2023 - Ceylon Santa Barbara Festival - US
2023 - Architecture and Design Film Festival, TORONTO - CANADA
2023 Architecture and Design Film Festival, VANCOUVER - CANADA
2024 - Galle Literary Festival - Sri Lanka
2024 - Architecture and Design Film Festival. CHICAGO - US