Addressing the client?s requirements for a space for leisure and entertainment, this pavilion was built to function as a venue to entertain friends and family of a young couple in urban Colombo. The clients wanted to maintain the privacy of their own residence and since their lifestyle involved frequent entertaining requested an additional building on a site away from their residence, in a center city location of Colombo 3. 

© Palinda Kannangara Architects

Architects: Palinda Kannangara Architects

Location: 3rd Ln, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka

Area: 142.0 sqm

Project Year: 2010

Photographs: Palinda Kannangara Architects

Structural Engineer: M.A.P Wickremaratne
Quantity Surveyor: Sunanda Gnanasiri

© Palinda Kannangara Architects

Addressing the client?s requirements for a space for leisure and entertainment, this pavilion was built to function as a venue to entertain friends and family of a young couple in urban Colombo. The clients wanted to maintain the privacy of their own residence and since their lifestyle involved frequent entertaining requested an additional building on a site away from their residence, in a center city location of Colombo 3. 

© Palinda Kannangara Architects

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