From the outside, the Colombo house of Geoffrey Bawa, the late Sri Lankan architect and pioneer of tropical modernism, does not command much attention. Bleary-eyed from our long-haul flight, my ...

“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 ...

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 ...

The Geoffrey Bawa Trust is a non-profit organization with charitable status in Sri Lanka that was established in 1982 by the late architect, with the objectives of furthering the fields of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Right: Number 11, the former home of Sri Lanka’s most celebrated architect, Geoffrey Bawa, is now a small guesthouse with a two-bedroom suite.Credit...Pietro Lo Casto Left: the black pork curry ...

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 ...