Geoffrey Bawa Trust

Geoffrey Bawa Trust

Arts EN ↓ 43 episodes

The Sri Lankan Architect Geoffrey Bawa is one of the most important and influential Asian architects of the 20th century. The podcast of the Geoffrey Bawa Trust builds on the repository of information available on Bawa and his practice, as well as the discourse on art and architecture in the island, through oral histories, lectures and discussions.

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Geoffrey Bawa Trust

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Arts

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Latest episode

Aug 5, 2025

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Episodes

Craft Room and Design Store 05.08.2025

Audio description of the Craft + Chill Room and Design Store at the Ways of Knowing Exhibition at the Bawa Space

Stop Eight: The Keepers of his Garden 05.08.2025

Audio description of the Keepers of his Garden short film on show at the Ways of Knowing exhibition at the Bawa Space

Stop Seven: Tree Talks 05.08.2025

Audio description of the Tree Talks installation at the Ways of Knowing exhibition at the Bawa Space

Stop Six: Baalamurunga to BG352 05.08.2025

Audio description of the Baalamurunga to BG352 installation at the Ways of Knowing Exhibition at the Bawa Space

Stop Five: Garden within a Garden 05.08.2025

Audio description of the sensory path in the garden of the Bawa Space.

Stop Four: Garden as a Cloud 05.08.2025

Audio description of Dr Clara Kraft Isono's Garden as a Cloud installation at the Ways of Knowing exhibition at the Bawa Space

Stop Three: Mapping Landscapes 05.08.2025

A audio description of the Mapping Landscapes installation at the Ways of Knowing Exhibition at the Bawa Space

Stop Two: Araliya and Sky 05.08.2025

Audio description of Barbara Sansoni's Araliya and Sky reddha at the Ways of Knowing exhibition in the Bawa Space.

Stop One: Curatorial Introduction 05.08.2025

A curatorial introduction to the Ways of Knowing exhibition at the Geoffrey Bawa Space

What to Expect at the Ways of Knowing Exhibition 01.08.2025

Desicription of what to expect when visiting the Ways of Knowing exhibtion at the Geoffrey Bawa Space

Bawa Space Previsit Information 01.08.2025

Audio description of what to expect when visiting the Geoffrey Bawa Space

Welcome to the Ways of Knowing Audio Guide 01.08.2025

Instructions on how to use to Geoffrey Bawa Space audio guide

Tree Talks: Bird Calls 29.08.2024

In celebration of the Lunuganga gardens 75th anniversary, Tree Talks podcast explores the lives of flora and ecosystems within the gardens. Bought on the eve of independence in 1948, Lunuganga is Geoffrey Bawa’s first and longest running architectural endeavour, join us as we unravel the intricacies of this living archive. The strength of an ecosystem can be measured by the diversity of the birds...

Tree Talks: Garden Rituals 11.07.2024

In celebration of the Lunuganga gardens 75th anniversary, Tree Talks podcast explores the lives of flora and ecosystems within the gardens. Bought on the eve of independence in 1948, Lunuganga is Geoffrey Bawa’s first and longest running architectural endeavour, join us as we unravel the intricacies of this living archive. This episode is in reverence to Lunuganga, to capture the essence of the ga...

Tree Talks: A Tree Story 30.05.2024

In celebration of the Lunuganga gardens 75th anniversary, Tree Talks podcast explores the lives of flora and ecosystems within the gardens. Bought on the eve of independence in 1948, Lunuganga is Geoffrey Bawa’s first and longest running architectural endeavour, join us as we unravel the intricacies of this living archive. Architect Aquila Peris shares tales about the garden and his time spent the...

Tree Talks: Shaded Divinity 25.04.2024

In celebration of the Lunuganga gardens 75th anniversary, Tree Talks podcast explores the lives of flora and ecosystems within the gardens. Bought on the eve of independence in 1948, Lunuganga is Geoffrey Bawa’s first and longest running architectural endeavour, join us as we unravel the intricacies of this living archive. The Moonamal tree placed so meticulously on the crest of Cinnamon Hill lawn...

Tree Talks: Plant Pigments 29.03.2024

In celebration of the Lunuganga gardens 75th anniversary, Tree Talks podcast explores the lives of flora and ecosystems within the gardens. Bought on the eve of independence in 1948, Lunuganga is Geoffrey Bawa’s first and longest running architectural endeavour, join us as we unravel the intricacies of this living archive. This episode is an exploration of pigment extractions and the human connect...

Tree Talks: Rooted Histories 29.02.2024

*Clarification [03:54]: Plant matter in general dates back four hundred to five hundred million years, not water lilies specifically. In celebration of the Lunuganga gardens 75th anniversary, Tree Talks podcast explores the lives of flora and ecosystems within the gardens. Bought on the eve of independence in 1948, Lunuganga is Geoffrey Bawa’s first and longest running architectural endeavour, joi...

A Very Particular Response: A Conversation on the Making of the Kandalama Hotel 24.03.2022

Taking Geoffrey Bawa’s approach that the architectural response to a place was specific to its particular topography and climate but also its larger environmental, social, and political context, we explore the interplay between architecture and the environment with a conversation on the making of the Kandalama Hotel with Project Architect Dilshan Ferdinando, engineer Deepal Wickremasinghe and form...

Medium Design: A conversation with Keller Easterling 21.01.2022

A conversation with architect, theorist and writer Keller Easterling, where knowing how, rather than knowing that, can provide potentials for working. Keller is a professor at Yale University and her work has been published and exhibited extensively. This conversation was moderated by the curator of the Art and Archival Collections of the Geoffrey Bawa Trust, Shayari de Silva. This conversation is...

Publishing and Architecture: A conversation with Lars Müller 14.01.2022

The Geoffrey Bawa Trust is delighted to host renowned designer, publisher and educator Lars Müller for a conversation about making books. Lars works out of Zurich and has been publishing since 1983, with a focus on books on architecture, design, photography, art and society.

The Gift: Closing Conversation 06.09.2021

In 2019, as part of the artistic programme commemorating Geoffrey Bawa’s 100th birthday, Lunuganga hosted a series of installations by artists and makers from Sri Lanka and abroad, in a series where the garden was explored as a site of hospitality and a place of encounter. Each artist responded to Bawa’s practice and his garden through a unique, site-specific work developed over an almost two-year...

Maps and Modernism 11.07.2021

'Conversations Drawing from the Geoffrey Bawa Archives' is a virtual series of discussions between scholars who have engaged with the Bawa Archives and contributed to the upcoming publication 'It is Essential to be There: Drawing from the Geoffrey Bawa Archives'. The publication will accompany the forthcoming exhibition of the same name. Stay tuned for more information on both the book and exhibit...

Reports, Resorts and Recollections 11.07.2021

'Conversations Drawing from the Geoffrey Bawa Archives' is a virtual series of discussions between scholars who have engaged with the Bawa Archives and contributed to the upcoming publication 'It is Essential to be There: Drawing from the Geoffrey Bawa Archives'. The publication will accompany the forthcoming exhibition of the same name. Stay tuned for more information on both the book and exhibit...

Archives And Places 11.07.2021

'Conversations Drawing from the Geoffrey Bawa Archives' is a virtual series of discussions between scholars who have engaged with the Bawa Archives and contributed to the upcoming publication 'It is Essential to be There: Drawing from the Geoffrey Bawa Archives'. The publication will accompany the forthcoming exhibition of the same name. Stay tuned for more information on both the book and exhibit...

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