Domus Srilanka - May 2016

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In a quiet journey, one architect’s contribution to Sri Lankan architecture has not just been in inspiring designs, but also in highlighting the importance of architecture during an era dominated by engineers. With a modernist approach Panini “Pani” Tennekoon truly appreciated ancient Sri Lankan architecture, subtly using these styles in his work.
The complex interconnected workings of the supreme court designed by the Dutch architects are dissimulated in a building that, with few details and a measured yet monumental scale, fits elegantly into the urban fabric of The Hague’s historic centre to reflect the civilised and symbolic meaning of justice.
In a very natural African context, Alberto Morell has inserted a strongly geometrical construction that relates solely to the Indian Ocean before it and the sky, thanks to a large staircase, the fulcrum of the whole design and generator of an admirable and powerful spatial order.