{"product_id":"9781915743534-minnette-de-silva-intersections","title":"Minnette de Silva: Intersections","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArchitectural historian Anooradha Iyer Siddiqi explores Sri Lankan modernist Minnette de Silva's rich practice in this illuminating primer to the oeuvre of one of the twentieth century's foremost architects.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Minnette De Silva founded the Studio of Modern Architecture in Kandy, Sri Lanka (then Ceylon), in 1947, she was one of the first women in the world to establish a professional architectural practice as sole principal. Today, she is known for her designs and constructions of private residences and public institutions, settlement planning, experiments in building and handicraft, research, curation, and writing. Her practice treated architecture as a lived experience and a contemporary expression of heterogeneous pasts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMinnette De Silva:\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eIntersections\u003c\/i\u003e offers a richly illustrated critical introduction to De Silva's practice, exploring a range of projects through the intersecting intellectual concerns that shaped her work. Archival materials, drawings, photographs, and extracts from De Silva's memoir, \u003ci\u003eThe Life and Work of an Asian Woman Architect\u003c\/i\u003e, describe her diverse work in a career situated in Sri Lanka and informed by substantial engagements with India, England, Greece, Hong Kong, and elsewhere. Drawing on modernist architectural techniques and material heritage practices, De Silva forged a distinctive, critically engaged aesthetic program and set of values. This book by architectural historian Anooradha Iyer Siddiqi, researched with Methmini Kariyakarawana and others, offers a primer to the thought and production of one of the twentieth century's most significant architects and cultural figures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53583134163318,"sku":"9781915743534","price":24.87,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_31307672.jpg?v=1731573308","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781915743534-minnette-de-silva-intersections","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}