Within Gangaramaya is the ‘floating’ temple of Seema Malaka, the work of Sri Lanka’s celebrated architect, Geoffrey Bawa, created on three platforms on Beira Lake. I’m surprised to see it ...

“Bawa acquired the estate in 1948, on the cusp of his 30th birthday and Sri Lanka’s independence from Britain,” Rohana tells us, adding that the master architect was keen to create ...

they returned to Sri Lanka to get married. For a venue, they chose Lunuganga, the former country residence of the Sri Lankan architect Geoffrey Bawa. A leader of the Tropical Modernism movement ...

Built by the most famous modernist architect in Sri Lanka, Geoffrey Bawa, Kandalama is carved out of a rock and it’s a kind of Barbican in the jungle. We stopped for a few days to explore the hill ...

Indian furniture brand Phantom Hands has launched a collection of furniture designed by the late Sri Lankan architect Geoffrey Bawa, including a sofa created for his former home. Most of the ...

Within Gangaramaya is the ‘floating’ temple of Seema Malaka, the work of Sri Lanka’s celebrated architect, Geoffrey Bawa, created on three platforms on Beira Lake. I’m surprised to see it has shrines ...