Geoffrey Bawa’s Lunuganga Estate opens the celebrated architect’s former master suite to visitors in Sri Lanka

Geoffrey Bawa on Instagram: “The view from the Lunuganga estate towards Dedduwa Lake. When the plumeria blooms the air is fragrant with frangipani flowery. Tag us or…”

Sri Lankan architect Geoffrey Bawa, considered one of the fathers of Tropical Modernism, was known locally as an exceedingly private gentleman who owned the sprawling estate known as Lunuganga.

Randhir Singh | Lunuganga Estate, Bentota, Sri Lanka Geoffrey Bawa The Project of Independence Feb 20-July 2, 2022 MoMA Photograph by Randhir Singh… | Instagram

From 1958 to 1966 the Danish architect Ulrik Plesner was the chief architectural partner of Geoffrey Bawa, the Sri Lankan master builder. Plesner’s absorbing new account, *In Situ: An Architectural Memoir from Sri Lanka*, depicts Bawa’s Ceylon as a prelapsarian architectural paradise where one barely had to think about creating something before it materialized into being. When Bawa and Plesner began their collaboration, however, the influence of Le Corbusier’s International Style was…

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Lunuganga Estate features an outdoor swimming pool, garden, a restaurant and bar in Bentota. The property is located a few steps from Lunuganga, 3.

View deals for Lunuganga Estate, including fully refundable rates with free cancellation. Near Induruwa Beach. WiFi is free, and this hotel also features an outdoor pool and a restaurant. All rooms have safes and daily housekeeping.