TY - GEN AU - Robson, David TI - Architectural heritage of Sri Lanka : measured drawings from the Anjalendran studio SN - 9781780675756 U1 - 720.284 PY - 2016/// CY - Singapore PB - Talisman Publishing Pte. Ltd. KW - N1 - CONTENTS Travelling with Anjalendran | Michael Ondaatje 6 Preface 10 AN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE The Classical Period 12 The Medieval Period 18 The British Period 24 Independence 31 THE MEASURED DRAWING PROJECT Ancient Buildings and Landscapes 38 Sinhalese Religious Buildings of the Medieval Period 56 Ambalamas and Rest Houses 70 Buddhist Temples of the Colonial Period 78 Hindu Vernacular Buildings 98 Sinhalese Manor Houses 108 The Houses by the Road 122 Dutch and British Period Furniture 132 Some Buildings of the British Period 142 Around Independence 160 Pioneers of Modernism 168 Geoffrey Bawa 178 Geoffrey Bawa's Circle 184 Some Sri Lankan Gardens of the 20th Century 196 PROJECT DRAWINGS FROM THE ANJALENDRAN STUDIO 210 Maps 236 Acknowledgments and Picture Credits 238 Bibliography and Glossary 239 ER -