Edited by Simon Sellars and Dan O’Hara, the book collects 44 conversations including his first published interview, with George MacBeth in 1967, and one of his last, a 2008 interview with James Naughtie. Other contributors include Eduardo Paolozzi, Jon Savage, Will Self, David Cronenberg, Mark Dery, Richard Kadrey, Iain Sinclair, John Gray, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Toby Litt and Hari ...
20th-Century World Architecture portrays, for the first time, an overview of the finest built architecture from around the world completed between 1900 and 1999. The unprecedented global scope of this collection of over 750 key buildings juxtaposes architectural icons with regional masterpieces. Project No 104 in the book is from Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Via Archnet
These are railway quarters built during the British Period. there are several other places (Mount Mary in Dematagoda, Colombo) with similar houses.Photos 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9 by Maleesha
The temples of Mahabalipuram, portraying events described in the Mahabharata, were built largely during the reigns of King Narasimhavarman and his successor Rajasimhavarman. Most are monolithic stone structures. Some important structures include:Descent of the Ganges or Arjuna's Penance – a giant open-air rock relief.Pancha Rathas (Five Chariots) – five monolithic pyramidal structures named after the Pandavas (Arjuna, Bhima, Yudhishtra, ...
This prison was built during the British colonial period (1870-1876). The grounds of the prison were created by filling in the Bogambara Wewa (an artificial lake) and the buildings were designed by F. Vine of the Public Works Department of Ceylon. The design of the main gate and walls are said to be inspired by the Bastille. Prison was relocated ...
For anybody who thinks architectural submissions and presentations should be full of 3D renderings and glitzy models. Vietnam War Memorial Maya Lin Studio Image from Wikipwdia P.S. Here are the original submission drawings for the Sydney Opera House
In his million-copy bestseller 'Guns, Germs, and Steel', Jared Diamond examined how and why Western civilizations developed the technologies and immunities that allowed them to dominate much of the world. Diamond is trying to explain inequality across regions of the world, the roots of power. He begins from the belief and his experience that people across the globe are fundamentally ...
