a pleasing foil to the Temple of the Tooth and the Malwatta Vihara (residence of the high priest of the sect). De Silva willed the Art Centre to be the most characteristic and living illustration in the region of a contemporary Kandyan Architecture. Death Having always been plagued by financial insecurity, de Silva died penniless in a hospital in Kandy on 24 November 1998 at the age of 80. She had fallen from her bathtub, and was not found for days. Legacy Recognition In 1996, two years before her death, after being largely ignored during much of her career, de Silva was awarded the Gold Medal by the Sri Lanka Institute of Architects. Popular culture The 2019 novel Plastic Emotions, by Shiromi Pinto, is a novel based on the real-life story of de Silva. List of works 1940s Karunaratne House, Kandy (1947–51) 1950s Jinaraja College, Gampola (1950–51) Red Cross Hall, Kandy (1950) (Unbuilt) Day Nursery Extension, Kandy (1950) (Unbuilt) Pieris House I, Colombo (1952–6) Daswani House, Kandy (1952) House for businessman, Nawala (1952) (Never built) Wickremaratna House, Colombo (1953) Open Air Theatre for the Arts Council in Colombo, Colombo, (1953–54) C. H. Fernando House, Wellawatte (1954) Mrs. D. Wickremasinghe Flats, Colombo, (1954) Senanayake Flats, Colombo, (1954–57) Asoka Amarasinghe House, Kollupitiya (1954) Dr. Chandra Amarasinghe Flats, Colombo, (1954–55) Aluwihare Sports Pavilion, Police Park, Kandy (1955) Bunnie Molamure House, Bolgoda, (1955) Sri Rao House, Bangalore (1955) (Proposal) Ivor Fernando Flats, Colombo, (1956) V. Sachithanandam House, Colombo, (1956) Mrs. N. De Saram House, Colombo, (1956–57) Art Centre, Horana (1957) (Unbuilt) Dr. Perera House, Colombo, (1957–58) Watapuluwa Housing Scheme, Kandy (1958) Amaduwa Game Reserve Lodges, Kandy (1958) (Proposal) Sri Palee Open Air Theatre, University of Peradeniya, (1958–59) Ceylon Match Factory (1958) General Habibullah Defence Academy Chief's House, India, (1958–59) A. G. De Silva House, Cinnamon Gardens (1958–59) Kalkudah Sea Side Resort, Kalkudah (1959) Hikkaduwa Resr House, Hikkaduwa (1959) (Renovation) 1960s Chandra Amarasinghe House, Colombo, (1960) Dr. Hensman House, Ratmalana, (1960–61) Dr. P. H. Amarasinghe House, Colombo, (1960) Dr. Nadesan Villa, Kandy, (1960–61) R. G. Senanayake House, (1960–61)(Unbuilt) Keerthisinghe House, (1961)(Unbuilt) Pieris House II, Colombo (1963) 1970s Coomaraswamy Twin Houses, Colombo (1970) Seneviratne House, Kandy, (1972) Gamini Wickremasinghe Flat, Colombo, (1972) Dr. and Mrs. PVJ Jayasekera House, Kandy, (1974) 1980s Kandy Arts Centre, Kandy (1982–84) 1990s Segar House, Ja-Ela (1991) Siriwardene House, Colombo (1992) Bibliography de Silva, Minnette The life & work of an Asian