Given just the materials you see around you, what kind of getaway home would you be able to come up with? We have to admit that our own answers aren't pretty (unless you fancy shoebox/paper clip houses), but for architect Damith Premathilake, who used a stray shipping container and timber from old weapon boxes, the results were quite impressive. Believe it or not, his cheery yellow Holiday Cabana at Maduru Oya in Sri Lanka was built entirely from things he found on site - talk about being resourceful! Photographer Logan MacDougall Pope was kind enough to send us these gorgeous shots of the peaceful cabana, and they have us feeling extremely envious of the lucky owners.
I do wish you folks would “Google” some of the people whose residences you feature. There is more to life than design and green fashion.
A quick search on the owner of this residence made of “found” materials discloses that he was a Special Forces officer, prominent in the suppression of the Tamil minority in Sri Lanka.
From the point of view of the Tamil Diaspora, featuring his house is much like calling attention to the resourcefulness of the design at the Berchtesgaden Eagle’s Nest.