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La Maison des Artes, Mount Lavinia
Photographs by James Fennell. Tucked down a secluded side-street in the up-market Colombo suburb of Mount Lavinia, a faded turquoise wooden doorway opens the way into the charming home of the Belgian film director Samy Pavel and his Sri Lankan born wife Rishan. Built in the 1850s, the modest townhouse was in a state of […]