Southbeach Weligama melds the heart of Weligama into its contemporary design
Southbeach Weligama (SBW), Sri Lanka’s most exciting freehold address on the pristine
Weligama coast makes its debut at the Galle Literary Festival 2024 to be held from the 25 th to
the 28 th of January as a Silver Sponsor. Heralded as ‘The World’s No 1 Literary Festival’ by
Harper’s Bazaar and one of the most exciting arts-focused events in South Asia, SBW weighs in
with author Alexander McCall Smith and a panel discussion that discusses the rise of Sri Lankan
cuisine. This discussion brings together multi-award winner – British food writer and restaurant
critic Tom Parker Bowles, co-founder of award-winning restaurant Smoke & Bitters Lahiru
Perera and restaurateur and award-winning author of the cookbook ‘Rambutan’ Cynthia
Shanmugalingam.
Famed author Alexander McCall Smith who has sold over 100 million books
In tandem with the Festival, SBW will place a contemporary installation running the length of
Hall de Galle, a venue central to GLF and where Alexander McCall Smith will be speaking on
‘One Hundred Books and Counting’ on the 27 th of January. The installation is reflective of SBW’s
inherent persona – contemporary and avant-garde with a touch of the abstract that embraces
the chic canvas of modern beachfront living. The concept of blending Weligama’s beautiful
oceanfront with the SBW lifestyle is built on, “Nothing between your balcony and Antarctica.”
The SBW show apartment is now ready for viewing. This would be the ideal time for investors
to feel the contemporary vibe that is inherent in the complex, which also pulls in Sri Lanka’s
beautiful sunrises right into the heart of its Sunrise View apartments. The SBW apartments
enjoy the luxury of the rooftop infinity pool, which undeniably adds poetic prose to a constantly
evolving tropical canvas.
Award-winning British author, food critic and columnist Tom Parker Bowles, Restaurateur and
author of Rambutan Cynthia Shanmugalingam & Co-founder of award-winning restaurant
Smoke & Bitters Lahiru Perera
SBW which sits on 75 meters of Weligama’s pristine beaches holds an intermingling of cultures
brought together with the infectious energy of its people – people who have a common love for
cuisine, intertwined with music, art and creativity. It’s that thread of modernity in cuisine and
mix of cultures that SBW aims to embrace in its beachfront lifestyle, ideally fitting into the
discussion of the rise of Sri Lankan cuisine at 30 Leyn Baan Street on the 25 th of January.
Regular critic on BBC’s Masterchef, author of eight books Tom Parker Bowles who is also Food
Editor for Esquire joins British-Sri Lankan restaurateur whose book Rambutan won Fortnum &
Mason’s Best Debut Cookery Book 2023, on the panel. Into this flavoursome recipe comes Co-
Founder and Head of Food Operations of Smoke & Bitters Lahiru Perera.
Managing Director of Balmond Studio and Southbeach Weligama John Balmond
With the superstructure now complete and the complex scheduled completion in this year,
SBW which houses one and two bedroomed apartments designed with high ceilings and large
balconies also have an additional 35 meter pool, a bar and restaurant operated by an
international F&B operator.
Designed by Balmond Studio, Southbeach Weligama adds to Balmond Studio’s impressive
collective of globally acclaimed design projects including the Bejing CCTV Tower, the London
Olympic 2012 Orbit and the Los Angeles Freedom Sculpture. Cecil Balmond OBE, internationally
acclaimed design trailblazer and the world’s leading thinker on form and structure leads
Balmond Studio. He is the lead architect for the John Keells Cinnamon Life project in Colombo,
while his son John, leads the Southbeach Weligama project.
