Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall

Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall
බණ්ඩාරනායක ජාත්‍යාන්තර සම්මන්ත්‍රණ ශාලාව
Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall in Colombo
Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall in Colombo
Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall is located in Greater Colombo
Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall
Location in greater Colombo
General information
TypeConvention center
AddressBMICH Colombo, [Customer Services], Bauddhaloka Mawatha, Colombo 07
Town or cityColombo
CountrySri Lanka
Coordinates06°54′06″N 79°52′22″E / 6.90167°N 79.87278°E / 6.90167; 79.87278
Construction started1970
Opened1973
OwnerSri Lankan Government
Grounds1,500 m2 (16,000 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect(s)Dai Nianci[1]
Website
www.bmich.lk

The Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH), (Sinhala: බණ්ඩාරනායක ජාත්‍යාන්තර සම්මන්ත්‍රණ ශාලාව Tamil: பண்டாரநாயக்க சர்வதேச மாநாட்டு மண்டபம்) is a convention center located in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Built between 1970 and 1973, the convention centre was a gift from the People's Republic of China in memory of Solomon Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike, Prime Minister (1956–1959).[2]

The construction of the hall was carried out by a joint Sri Lankan and Chinese workforce with a considerable portion of the building materials being imported from China.

In 1998 a small Exhibition Centre, the Sirimavo Bandaranaike Memorial Exhibition Centre, was built on the grounds as a gift from China.[2]

  1. ^ Lu, Duanfang (2010). Third World Modernism: Architecture, Development and Identity. Routledge. ISBN 9781136895470.
  2. ^ a b Goh, Evelyn (2016). Rising China's Influence in Developing Asia. Oxford University Press. p. 146. ISBN 9780198758518.