Overview
Despite its troubled past, Sri Lanka is a favorite destination for travelers who enjoy sun-kissed beaches, tree-clad lush mountains, and mouth-watering local cuisine.
Sri Lanka is also home to unique architectural marvels, including those by one of Asia’s most influential architects, the late Geoffrey Bawa.
From the age of 38, when Bawa left his role as a lawyer to become a qualified architect, until his death in 2003, the celebrated figure designing more than 30 hotels, schools, and private residences across the country.
Bawa was also the pioneer of tropical modernism, a global design movement that focuses on increased natural ventilation, open spaces, and local resources, blending modernist architecture with nature and locality to adapt to hot, humid tropical condition
