Licuala house

[doranakandawatta]

I like to photograph old houses in Sri Lanka, since many of them disappear with the time.

Here a house of friends near Kandy which sadly will be demolished soon.

[Pal Meir]

And of course they are not able (or willing?) to build a similar one instead?

[doranakandawatta]

4 minutes ago, Pal Meir said:

And of course they are not able (or willing?) to build a similar one instead?

It's very "western style" to care of past and old things, it doesn't belong to the srilankan culture.

So we, foreigners, have to accept we have other eyes on these things.

[Pal Meir]

9 minutes ago, doranakandawatta said:

It's very "western style" to care of past and old things, it doesn't belong to the srilankan culture.

So we, foreigners, have to accept we have other eyes on these things.

It seems to be a problem not only in Sri Lanka. In Japan (a country with a strong economy where I lived longer several times) the Japanese don’t preserve their old houses too. And in other countries of Asia which I had passed on my world trip it was the same cultural desaster …

[User00]

and another point  is these type of houses need lots of timer to remake.they used tropical hardwoods (ceylon ebony,satinwood,jackfruit wood,dipterocarpus )to wood work, ceiling,etc at that time.wood was so cheap you just cut it from jungle

 but now some woods are illegal to use and others are very expensive people use modern cheap methods    

[Kim]

You are doing a service documenting these houses before they are lost to time.  I enjoy seeing the architectural styles and details, and how they are situated in a garden or nature.

[realarch]

Oh yeah Philippe, nice photos of the Licuala and that residence. Nice to have a little diversion sometimes and i thought adding pics of the house was a great touch. 

Tim