Death of architect Panini Tennekoon

COLOMBO: Renowned architect Panini Tennekoon (84), who designed several well-known landmarks and buildings in Sri Lanka, passed away yesterday.

A former Chief Architect and Additional Director of the Department of Buildings, Tennekoon studied architecture in Australia at the University of Melbourne.

Affectionately called ‘Pani’, he was also the Chief Architect of the Greater Colombo Development Authority (now known as the Urban Development Authority) and a consultant architect at the Central Engineering Consultancy Bureau.

He designed the Samadhi, Horagolla, the monument to Prime Minister D.S. Senanayake at Independence Square, buildings at the zoo, Siyane Teacher Training College, the Kalubowila Hospital, Kollupitiya Police building, Department of National Archives and the Supreme Court Complex, among others. His funeral will take place today at 2 p.m. at the General Cemetery, Borella.