Perched on a headland 36 metres above the Indian Ocean on Sri Lanka's southern coast, the clifftop village that Thai architect Lek Bunnag completed in 2014 spreads across 12 acres of tropical garden with the unhurried logic of a settlement that grew organically rather than was planned in a single stroke. Cape Weligama's 39 villas and suites sit beneath terracotta-tiled pavilion roofs whose pitch draws directly from Sri Lankan and Southeast Asian vernacular timber construction, the forms embedded deep enough in the landscape that the aerial view reads as village rather than resort. The signature Moon Pool traces a 60-metre crescent along the cliff edge, its geometry calibrated so the water surface dissolves into the Indian Ocean horizon beyond. Inside, Singapore studio JPA Design works a palette that is warm without being heavy. Bedroom walls arrive in vivid blocks of cobalt blue or burnt terracotta, set against white board-formed ceilings and dark hardwood headboards, the contrast bold enough to feel local in spirit. Botanical and natural history prints, woven jute rugs, and teak daybeds give each villa a quietly accumulated character. The open restaurant terraces, with their exposed timber post-and-beam structures and terracotta roof details carried through from the guest pavilions, extend the architectural coherence right to the cliff edge, teak furniture and stone paving stepping out toward palm-fringed views of the bay below.