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Dive into the fascinating world of Balinese architecture with the expertise of Made Wijaya. Renowned worldwide as a landscape architect, Made Wijaya invites us to discover everything you need to know about Balinese architecture through carefully selected documents, numbering more than 600.
Whether you’re an architect, a decorator, a professional, or just an enthusiast, the book “Balinese Architecture” is an endless source of inspiration. Its magnificent photographs with captivating details allow you to explore Bali’s exceptional architectural art. Each page unveils the richness of Balinese culture through its buildings, temples, traditional houses, sculptures, and, of course, its gardens. This beautiful travel album reveals its origins, characteristics, and infinite variations.
Made Wijaya is not only a talented architect but also a man with an incredible story. Originally from Sydney, he decided to make a brief visit to the island. During a storm, he jumped from a ship to reach its shores by swimming.
This young architecture student was so fascinated by Balinese culture that he decided to settle there. Since then, his life and work have been closely linked to the island for which he has a true passion. Starting as a tennis coach, then becoming a tour guide and journalist, he began his journey in the world of landscaping by creating a small garden for a friend. Quickly, he gained fame and was entrusted with prestigious projects, including landscaping the gardens of the Bali Oberoi hotel.
The beautiful book “Balinese Architecture” is a cultural and visual journey that celebrates the beauty of this multifaceted island. Order your copy now and let yourself be carried away by this fascinating exploration of tropical art.
Made Wijaya (1953–2016), born in Sydney as Michael White, arrived in Bali in 1973 and, fascinated by the island’s culture, decided to settle there permanently. As a young architecture student, he began teaching tennis and English, then became a tour guide and journalist, before devoting himself to gardening and landscape architecture.
After a trip to Great Britain in 1979, where he visited Kew Gardens and several classic English gardens, he received his first major commission: the gardens of the Bali Oberoi Hotel. From then on, he developed a unique style, combining architectural rigor and tropical creativity, which earned him international renown. Made Wijaya has designed more than 600 private and public gardens in Southeast Asia and around the world, including David Bowie’s garden on the island of Mustique and the Naples Botanical Garden in Florida.
Author of The Complete Stranger in Paradise and Balinese Architecture: Towards an Encyclopedia, he also contributes to Tropical Asian Style and a tourist guide to Bali. He founded the Wijaya Classics collection, dedicated to furniture, lighting, and decorative objects. A lecturer at the National University of Singapore, he encourages the new generation of architects and landscape designers to consider gardens as an art form in their own right.
In all his work, Made Wijaya pays tribute to his adopted island, Bali, where he has left a lasting legacy in tropical architecture and landscaping.
He is the author of Architecture of Bali and Contemporary Tropical Gardens, published by Éditions du Pacifique.
