The Architect Magazine - April - June 2010

In this issue

Archt Murad Ismail’s main idea for the Four Seasons resort in Landaa Giraavaru was to instill an image of the Maldives for what it truly was. “The whole idea was to come up with a more traditional modern regional style that one will remember - that they came to Maldives,” says the Architect.
Heritance Madurai, located in Madurai or the Temple City of South India, the site was once part of the British owned Madurai Mills, housing for their senior executives. In the early 1970s, a Club House was introduced to the complex to provide facilities to the staff of the Madurai Coats and the design for it was conceptualised by eminent Architect Geoffrey Bawa. In year 2007, Architect Vinod Jayasinghe, was tasked with renovating and extending this old Club House and the late Colonial houses to a hotel development.
The only challenge Archt Indika De Silva faced in his design for the Kenpark Factory and Product Development Centre in Bangladesh was that it should be an exceptional building that could withstand the test of the harshest of climes and yet retain its majesty.