| Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall | |
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බණ්ඩාරනායක ජාත්යාන්තර සම්මන්ත්රණ ශාලාව | |
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.jpg) Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall in Colombo | |
  Location in greater Colombo | |
| General information | |
| Type | Convention center |
| Address | BMICH Colombo, [Customer Services], Bauddhaloka Mawatha, Colombo 07 |
| Town or city | Colombo |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Coordinates | 06°54′06″N 79°52′22″E / 6.90167°N 79.87278°E |
| Construction started | 1970 |
| Opened | 1973 |
| Owner | Sri Lankan Government |
| Grounds | 1,500 m2 (16,000 sq ft) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Dai Nianci[1] |
| Website | |
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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]
- ^ Lu, Duanfang (2010). Third World Modernism: Architecture, Development and Identity. Routledge. ISBN 9781136895470.
- ^ a b Goh, Evelyn (2016). Rising China's Influence in Developing Asia. Oxford University Press. p. 146. ISBN 9780198758518.