Winning an award dedicated to honor the excellence in ones profession not only proves the winner worthy but proceeds to set a benchmark higher than the last for future achievers. It provides not only as a physical element representing merit but also will encourage the advancement of greater excellence by the future achievers. This issue […]

Designed to shelter and nurture precious family life within its walls, The Envelope is a private and cozy home built by amalgamating natural elements and modern technologies.

Designed to reflect the tastes of its occupants and blend in with its surrounding terrain Archt Madhawa Premaratne has manipulated a layout across a footprint of only ten perches to maximise the feeling of space and openness. The house situated in Rajagiriya upon an L-shaped piece of land of 40 perches is thus built around […]

Within the Victoria Golf and Country Resort in Kandy, Eagles’ Ridge is a residential location that offers breathtaking beauty surrounded by the Victoria Lake, views of the golf course and the Knuckles mountain range as a backdrop. The client, an Englishman and avid golfer, wished to build his holiday home in this setting, which in […]

The second cycle of THE GEOFFREY BAWA AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE in architecture has just concluded following a long drawn short listing process.

When Archt Ruchira Wickramasinghe embarked on designing the Penthouse Level Offices of Mushan Towers it was on 3000sqft of open space high above the rooftops of Colombo and thus affords spectacular views in all directions. Standing tall in the heart of Colombo, Mushan Towers houses ‘Mushan International’, dealers in precious stones on its topmost level.

Seeking simplicity through a patiently practiced planning technique can best describe Japanese architecture. Japan today eagerly responds to 20th century architecture with a delicate transition from its early fascinating simplicity, responsiveness to nature and free sprit to an experimental and technologically advanced practice.

“……………..spirituality includes the conviction that there is more to the world than what the eye sees, that man can relate to the unseen aspects of it, and in so doing their own being is enhanced.”