Hotel Connamara Remodelling
Chennai, India

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.

Location

Mount Road, Chennai, India

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Events

1971-1976

Site Types

commercial