The complex colour, layered with rich undertones of mango yellow, dominates an external wall in the newly renovated De Saram House in Colombo 7. It allowed them to recreate in painstaking detail the home that first underwent extensive renovations under Geoffrey Bawa in 1986. When Bawa first started work on the De Saram House, Amila had not yet joined his practice. The public programme will be launched in July with the exhibition “Decorative Arts in the Geoffrey Bawa Collection” held at Lunuganga from July 13-21. On July 22, the 5th cycle of the triennial Geoffrey Bawa Awards will be launched, to be followed by the 16th Annual Memorial Lecture on July 23, which marks Geoffrey Bawa’s 100th birthday.

Source: Sunday Times June 08, 2019 19:07 UTC