Like Bawa, Anjalendran draws liberally on the ‘vernacular’ traditions of his country, so that his buildings variously invoke the courtyards of old Jaffna, the columns and arches of Kandyan ‘manor houses’, and the ancient boulder gardens of Anuradhapura and Buddhist temples. And he does so with real and intimate knowledge of these traditions.

Client: Sri Lanka Tourist Board
Client’s vision: To make Sri Lanka the tourist hub of South Asia.
Investor: Private Investor
Site: End / climax of the Jetty Street

Proposed commercial and
recreation centre @ Bamabalapitiya.
Disna Thilanka Darshana I Faculty of Architecture
University of Moratuwa I CDP 2011

The Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) with India and the Sri Lankan Construction Industry – a topic on which varied opinions are aired at various forums – was the topic of discussion at the First Continuing Professional Development event (CPD 1). The speakers were Ariyaseela Wickramanayake (Chairman, Maubima Lanka Foundation) Archt. Athula Amarasekara, AIA (SL) Chartered […]

Da Nang Vietnam was the venue of the 32nd Council Meeting and the 16th ARCASIA Forum. It is a forum to forge new professional alliances as well as to rekindle relationships. The Sri Lanka delegation was led by President Archt. Ranjan Nadesapillai.

The blank facade of the SLIA lobby suddenly came alive when the SLIA’s entries to the ARCASIA exhibition to be held in Japan during the current period were on display. The private residences and holiday bungalows displayed by the architects showed off the creativity of the local architect to the fullest. The displayed entries have […]

Dr. Raj Barr Kumarakulasinghe, a former National President of the American Institute of Architect is an expert in sustainable design and green architecture, who brings considerable leadership skills and knowledge of current and future directions in architecture. The author of a definitive publication on sustainable design, he is at the cutting edge of ecologically sound […]

Over the past few months, super-tall building experts Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill are to complete the design for a stunning new tower to anchor the proposed $20bn Kingdom City master-planning project in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Recently, His Royal Highness Prince Al Waleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, nephew of Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah […]