About Forest & Form
We are the editorial voice of The Aranyani — Collective for Wellness. A platform where architecture meets landscape, and wellness is lived with intention.
Forest & Form
Forest & Form is the editorial platform of The Aranyani — Collective for Wellness. We exist at the intersection of architecture, landscape, and the considered life — documenting the spaces, places, and practices that restore us.
We publish a digital and print magazine, curate destination guides across Sri Lanka and the Asia Pacific, and maintain a directory of the region's most thoughtfully designed wellness properties. Through our retreat programme and annual excellence awards, we bring together the people building the future of wellness.
Nature, considered. Life, lived.
Forest & Form began as a question: what would a publication look like if it took the landscape seriously? Not as backdrop, but as protagonist.
Born from The Aranyani — Collective for Wellness, it exists at the intersection of architecture, nature, and the considered life. We tell the stories of structures that honor their terrain and design that inspires a deep, silent return.
Sri Lanka is our beginning — an island of extraordinary architectural legacy, from Geoffrey Bawa's seamless dissolving of interior and exterior, to the new generation of builders working quietly in the hill country and along its southern coast. This landscape does not merely frame wellness. It produces it.
Nature, considered. Life, lived.
The Aranyani — Collective for Wellness
The Aranyani operates across two distinct pillars: ARYA, which celebrates excellence in destination wellness and restorative programmes, and ANYA, which curates land-based architectural properties and slow eco-stays across Sri Lanka and the wider Asia Pacific.
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Ranga Soysa
Founder & Managing DirectorRanga Soysa is a visionary Sri Lankan entrepreneur and designer whose work spans over two decades at the forefront of landscape, architecture, and luxury residential development. With a deep passion for biophilic design and tropical modernism, he founded The Aranyani to explore the profound healing dialogue between constructed space and raw nature.
Ranga's professional context is rooted in collaborative leadership, having steered prominent developments alongside Arcops, Ariel Assets, and ICM. Through Forest & Form, he curates an editorial voice that invites readers to slow down, consider the land they inhabit, and return to quiet rituals of rest.
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Anura Perera
Creative Director / ArchitectOver two decades designing high-end boutique resorts in Asia Pacific, bridging vernacular forms with biophilic wellness.
Dr. Prem Jagyasi
Contributing Editor (Wellness)Renowned global health tourism authority and advisor, author of multiple books on intentional retreat design.
Maya Senanayake
Editor-at-LargeJournalist and author specialising in slow architecture, residential land assets, and the cultural landscapes of South Asia.
David Chen
Architectural PhotographerCapturing the quiet luxury and geometric balance of wellness spaces, focusing on the dialogue between light and stillness.
Amantha Wijesinghe
Research DirectorSpecialising in the intersection of climate science, sustainable materials, and the restorative properties of tropical design.
Sophie Laurent
Editorial ConsultantBased in Singapore, Sophie advises on print curation, publishing strategies, and distribution to high-net-worth audiences.
Anura Perera
Creative Director / ArchitectOver two decades designing high-end boutique resorts in Asia Pacific, bridging vernacular forms with biophilic wellness.
Dr. Prem Jagyasi
Contributing Editor (Wellness)Renowned global health tourism authority and advisor, author of multiple books on intentional retreat design.
Maya Senanayake
Editor-at-LargeJournalist and author specialising in slow architecture, residential land assets, and the cultural landscapes of South Asia.
David Chen
Architectural PhotographerCapturing the quiet luxury and geometric balance of wellness spaces, focusing on the dialogue between light and stillness.
Amantha Wijesinghe
Research DirectorSpecialising in the intersection of climate science, sustainable materials, and the restorative properties of tropical design.
Sophie Laurent
Editorial ConsultantBased in Singapore, Sophie advises on print curation, publishing strategies, and distribution to high-net-worth audiences.
Advertising & Partnerships
Forest & Form reaches an engaged audience of wellness travellers, design professionals, and investors across Sri Lanka and the Asia Pacific. We offer select partnership opportunities that align with our editorial values.