The Bawa brothers, Bevis the Elder and Jeffrey the Younger, are well-known and creative people on the island and beyond. Both were avid experimenters in terms of style.
The first created a private garden Brief Garden and landscapes in several hotels in the 1970s (I wrote about it many years ago for the magazine "Around the World. Geosphere"), the second at 38 began his career as an architect, achieving great success. over projects of villas and country estates, resort hotels and residences in Colombo, the university and even the new parliament building in Cote.
So a visit to Lunugang is just a wonderful walk through a large manor house hidden under a canopy of rainforest on the shores of the lagoon, which gave the place its name: Salt River (Moon + Ganges), and acquaintance with Sri Lanka of the twentieth century through the history of talented people. glorified the architectural traditions of their land.
Maestro Jeffrey Bawa's legacy is that he has mastered the experience of Western architecture (Italian, English) to create his own, Sri Lankan style, elegant in its simplicity.
Special relationships with the geometry of space, "sense" of space, the ability to find each element of construction a pair or frame in a natural environment, and - to include in their projects the experience of ancient architects - creators of ancient royal capitals - Sigiriya, Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Kandy ...All this makes a visit to the Lunuganga estate an aesthetic pleasure for anyone. Even just admire the giant trees, see the interiors created in the 1970s, but with the amazing effect of modern reading space ...
This is why I try to visit at least one of the brothers to show "my" tourists the Bawa estates, as if hidden behind the scenes of the beach.
These estates enchant with a mix of cultures, spectacular views of buildings included in the natural green, unmanicured kingdom of the tropics, surrounded by a mirror of water ...All this excites visitors with a refined sense of style, which was later called "tropical romanticism".
In short, you can and should go to the estate on the Salt River. This is another opportunity to feel the energy of Lanka to the touch. But, as mentioned in previous reviews, book a tour in advance.
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I share with visitors of "Turpravda" impressions about interesting corners of the west coast of Sri Lanka with deep sympathy for the island and its people.
Tatiana Gribova (independent author of routes on Lanochka and not only).
The first created a private garden Brief Garden and landscapes in several hotels in the 1970s (I wrote about it many years ago for the magazine "Around the World. Geosphere"), the second at 38 began his career as an architect, achieving great success. over projects of villas and country estates, resort hotels and residences in Colombo, the university and even the new parliament building in Cote.
So a visit to Lunugang is just a wonderful walk through a large manor house hidden under a canopy of rainforest on the shores of the lagoon, which gave the place its name: Salt River (Moon + Ganges), and acquaintance with Sri Lanka of the twentieth century through the history of talented people. glorified the architectural traditions of their land.
Maestro Jeffrey Bawa's legacy is that he has mastered the experience of Western architecture (Italian, English) to create his own, Sri Lankan style, elegant in its simplicity.
Special relationships with the geometry of space, "sense" of space, the ability to find each element of construction a pair or frame in a natural environment, and - to include in their projects the experience of ancient architects - creators of ancient royal capitals - Sigiriya, Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Kandy ...All this makes a visit to the Lunuganga estate an aesthetic pleasure for anyone. Even just admire the giant trees, see the interiors created in the 1970s, but with the amazing effect of modern reading space ...
This is why I try to visit at least one of the brothers to show "my" tourists the Bawa estates, as if hidden behind the scenes of the beach.
These estates enchant with a mix of cultures, spectacular views of buildings included in the natural green, unmanicured kingdom of the tropics, surrounded by a mirror of water ...All this excites visitors with a refined sense of style, which was later called "tropical romanticism".
In short, you can and should go to the estate on the Salt River. This is another opportunity to feel the energy of Lanka to the touch. But, as mentioned in previous reviews, book a tour in advance.
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I share with visitors of "Turpravda" impressions about interesting corners of the west coast of Sri Lanka with deep sympathy for the island and its people.
Tatiana Gribova (independent author of routes on Lanochka and not only).
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