But inside this exquisite house, the art, the books and the locally made furnishings bear testimony to the three countries - Australia, China and Sri Lanka - important in Harris' life. He knows he ...

The building then became known as the President’s House as Sri Lanka became a republic. It became the official residence of the head of state, with the President’s Secretariat located at the ...

Work took a year. The last major overhaul had been sensitively carried out in 2002 by architect Channa Daswatte, a pupil of Sri Lanka’s master of Tropical Modernism, Geoffrey Bawa.Previously ...