Bawa opened his Madras, India office in 1971 because he was commissioned to extend the Connemara Hotel. The renovation of this five story building involved appending a reinforced concrete structural frame with glass and brick infill.

Sources:

Robson, David. 2001. Genius of the Place: The Buildings and Landscapes of Geoffrey Bawa. In Modernity and Community: Architecture in the Islamic World. Thames & Hudson, 028.

Taylor, Brian Brace, ed. 1996. Chronology of Works. In Geoffrey Bawa. A Mimar Book, Concept Media, 177.