Michael White (Made Wijaya)

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Biography

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Made Wijaya was born Michael White in Sydney, Australia. He arrived in Bali in 1973, having jumped ship and swum ashore in a rainstorm. A student of architecture, he first of all intended the visit as a short break from his studies, but his fascination with Bali's rich culture and tradition led him to move in with a Brahman family in South Bali. After various jobs teaching tennis and English, working as a tourist guide and photo-journalist, he began contributing to guide books before being asked to design the gardens of the legendary Bali Oberoi.

More than 600 gardens later, Wijaya is a world renowned tropical garden designer whose company, P.T. Wijaya Tribwana International, has a 500–strong team of artisans and "garden commandos," as he calls them. He travels between his Bali base and Singapore, India, Spain, Morocco, Hawaii, Australia and Mexico to weave his magic.

A recognized authority on tropical gardens and South East Asian architecture, he has published five books, The Complete Stranger in Paradise; Balinese Architecture: Towards an Encyclopaedia; Tropical Garden Design (Archipelago Press and Wijaya Words, 1999); At Home in Bali (Abbeville Press, 2000); and Architecture of Bali – A Source Book of Traditional and Modern Forms (Archipelago Press and Wijaya Words, 2002). He also contributed to Tropical Asian Style and was the main author of a pocket guidebook to Bali.

His signature column "Stranger in Paradise–Diary of an expatriate in Bali” at (www.strangerinparadise.com) and Hello Bali monthly magazine and Jakarta Post for trightly) and "Poleng" magazine and as well are much loved across the land

Made Wijaya passed away on 28 August 2016.

Websites: http://www.strangerinparadise.com http://www.ptwijaya.com http://www.novustamanbebek.com http://www.wijayajournal.blogspot.com http://www.baliluwih.blogspot.com

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwWwiI_UtuLDgPfSMhKXL8w

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Made Wijaya lahir dengan nama Michael White di Sydney, Australia. Dia tiba di Bali pada tahun 1973, setelah melompat dari kapal dan berenang ke darat di tengah hujan badai. Seorang mahasiswa arsitektur, pertama-tama ia bermaksud kunjungan itu sebagai istirahat sejenak dari studinya, tetapi ketertarikannya dengan budaya dan tradisi Bali yang kaya membuatnya pindah dengan keluarga Brahman di Bali Selatan. Setelah berbagai pekerjaan mengajar tenis dan bahasa Inggris, bekerja sebagai pemandu wisata dan jurnalis foto, ia mulai berkontribusi pada buku panduan sebelum diminta untuk mendesain taman Oberoi Bali yang legendaris.

Lebih dari 600 taman kemudian, Wijaya adalah perancang taman tropis terkenal di dunia yang perusahaannya, P.T. Wijaya Tribwana International, memiliki tim pengrajin dan "komando taman" yang beranggotakan 500 orang. Dia melakukan perjalanan antara pangkalannya di Bali dan Singapura, India, Spanyol, Maroko, Hawaii, Australia, dan Meksiko untuk menenun sihirnya.

Sebagai otoritas yang diakui di taman tropis dan arsitektur Asia Tenggara, ia telah menerbitkan lima buku, The Complete Stranger in Paradise; Arsitektur Bali: Menuju Ensiklopedia; Desain Taman Tropis (Archipelago Press dan Wijaya Words, 1999); Di Rumah di Bali (Abbeville Press, 2000); dan Arsitektur Bali – Buku Sumber Bentuk Tradisional dan Modern (Archipelago Press dan Wijaya Words, 2002). Dia juga berkontribusi pada Tropical Asian Style dan merupakan penulis utama buku panduan saku ke Bali.

Kolom tanda tangannya "Stranger in Paradise–Diary of an expatriate in Bali" di (www.strangerinparadise.com) dan majalah bulanan Hello Bali dan Jakarta Post untuk lebih tepatnya) dan majalah "Poleng" dan juga sangat dicintai di seluruh negeri

Made Wijaya meninggal dunia pada 28 Agustus 2016.

www.ptwijaya.com

Examples of work

Book Architecture of Bali

Book Stranger in Paradise 1979-1980

Book The Best of Stranger in Paradise 1996-2008

Bali Post articles

Made Wijaya wrote his "Stranger in Paradise" articles for the Bali Post. He used to personally sign the early editions which he delivered himself to the various Sanur hotels.

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