Tools that Teach us their Language

Sep 15, 2025

In the 1980s, Geoffrey Bawa's architectural studio in Sri Lanka did something unusual: they drew trees on architectural plans freehand with ink pens. This practice was central to birthing the architectural movement that dominates East Asia to this day: 'tropical modernism…

In the 1980s, Geoffrey Bawa's architectural studio in Sri Lanka did something unusual: they drew trees on architectural plans freehand with ink pens. This practice was central to birthing the architectural movement that dominates…

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©2019-2026 SURYA NARREDDI.

You can email me. I’m active on Twitter, occasionally on LinkedIn, and surfing the internet on Are.na.

©2019-2026 SURYA NARREDDI.