A Simple Analysis on the Combination of Modernism and Regional Culture in the Construction by Geoffrey Bawa

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10.2991/iccessh-17.2017.121How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Geoffrey Bawa; modernist architecture; regional architecture

Abstract

In the process of globalization, there are many urgent problems faced by construction and design art. The fierce collision of modernist art and regional culture happened in construction brings unique wisdom for human beings. Geoffrey Bawa, coming from beautiful Sri Lanka, was regard as the most prominent contemporary architectural designer in Asia. In beautiful Sri Lanka, he designed a great number of excellent architectural works. He combined local tradition and epoch characteristics perfectly in his works, giving the architectures original and fresh vitality. In this paper, the author will learn from Geoffrey Bawa's architectural works to study and research the dynamic integration of regional culture and modernist art in modern construction.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Weihua Hu
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BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Contemporary Education, Social Sciences and Humanities (ICCESSH 2017)
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