{"id":713,"date":"2011-01-15T06:31:17","date_gmt":"2011-01-14T22:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.craigsheppard.co.nz\/?p=713"},"modified":"2011-02-04T01:10:39","modified_gmt":"2011-02-03T17:10:39","slug":"villa-maggona-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.craigsheppard.co.nz\/blog\/villa-maggona-sri-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"Villa Maggona &#8211; Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arriving in the middle of the night to a high white wall that is interrupted only by a heavy wooden gate creates an intriguing feeling of what lies behind.\u00a0 As the gate slowly opens Villa Maggona is revealed.<\/p>\n<p>The Villa is situated along Galle Road in the Village of Maggona on the west coast of Sri Lanka.\u00a0 Colombo based Architectural firm Team Architrave, lead by Madhura Prematilleke, designed the Villa which was completed in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>The Villa has been renovated from the tsunami ravaged bungalow and is sandwiched between the road and the beach.\u00a0 With landscaping by Laki Senanayake and Noel Davis the overall site feels fresh and open yet there is a great feeling of seclusion.<\/p>\n<p>The main living space and bedrooms face the sea and are separated from the lap pool by a spacious veranda where you can easily loose hours. \u00a0The dining room runs perpendicular to the main dwelling at one end and is serviced by a spacious kitchen and wonderful, friendly staff.<\/p>\n<p>Follow the link <a href=\"http:\/\/www.villamaggona.com\/\">www.villamaggona.com<\/a> for any inquires.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-716\" title=\"img_arch_0146\" src=\"http:\/\/www.craigsheppard.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/img_arch_0146.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"820\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.craigsheppard.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/img_arch_0146.jpg 820w, https:\/\/www.craigsheppard.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/img_arch_0146-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/www.craigsheppard.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/img_arch_0146-777x1024.jpg 777w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-717\" title=\"img_arch_0147\" src=\"http:\/\/www.craigsheppard.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/img_arch_0147.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"820\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.craigsheppard.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/img_arch_0147.jpg 820w, https:\/\/www.craigsheppard.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/img_arch_0147-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/www.craigsheppard.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/img_arch_0147-777x1024.jpg 777w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-718\" title=\"img_arch_0148\" src=\"http:\/\/www.craigsheppard.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/img_arch_0148.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"820\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.craigsheppard.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/img_arch_0148.jpg 820w, https:\/\/www.craigsheppard.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/img_arch_0148-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/www.craigsheppard.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/img_arch_0148-777x1024.jpg 777w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-715\" title=\"img_arch_0149\" src=\"http:\/\/www.craigsheppard.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/img_arch_0149.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"820\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.craigsheppard.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/img_arch_0149.jpg 820w, https:\/\/www.craigsheppard.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/img_arch_0149-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arriving in the middle of the night to a high white wall that is interrupted only by a heavy wooden gate creates an intriguing feeling of what lies behind.\u00a0 As the gate slowly opens Villa Maggona is revealed. The Villa is situated along Galle Road in the Village of Maggona on the west coast of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigsheppard.co.nz\/blog\/villa-maggona-sri-lanka\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Villa Maggona &#8211; Sri Lanka<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[14],"class_list":["post-713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-architecture","tag-architecture-2"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craigsheppard.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craigsheppard.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craigsheppard.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigsheppard.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigsheppard.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=713"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigsheppard.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":725,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigsheppard.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713\/revisions\/725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craigsheppard.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigsheppard.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigsheppard.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}