A Timeless Beauty by Greca M Durant | Photography by Sanka Sammana When Amali and Buddhika Kariyawasan contracted Archt K B Menaka Mangalanatha, Amali clearly outlined what she wanted for a house: airy, sunlit, with a very big white hall. She also wanted to see different colours whenever she moved around the house, and to […]

Student: Charitha Aruggoda Institution: Colombo School of Architecture Project: Part 1, Year 4 – Comprehensive Design Project, 2007 Client: The University of Performing and Visual Arts, Department of Dance and Drama The Site: This site is around two acres in extent, abutting the Colombo museum. It lies within a huge recreational zone identified in the […]

by Simon Dean | Photographs Courtesy: Kent Architectural stained glass is an old world invention. However, where once this skillful craft was used to adorn only the buildings of the wealthy, the royal and the sacred, today it is far more accessible and can be seen across the full architectural spectrum.

by Engr Ananda Ranasinghe | Photography by Zeena Marikkar Concrete roofs, basements, exposed slabs with turfs, flower troughs and exposed terraces all form part of our contemporary building solutions. This is in addition to the wet spaces that have been an integral part of any conventional building: toilets, wash rooms, water tanks, sumps, pools and […]

by Nandaka Jayasinghe Illustrations by Bhagya Gunatilake and Mekala Wanniarachchi Traditionally, in order to get an idea of the character and functionality of a space, a design needed to be resolved in terms of plan, section, and elevation. The images conveyed by these are inter-dependant, and are equally important in understanding and conceiving the considered […]

The graduation exhibition of the Final year Design students was held at the University of Moratuwa in March 2008. The most highlighted design presentation was the Final year Comprehensive Design Projects of the five design disciplines: Furniture Design, Ceramic Design, Fashion Design, Graphic and Communication Design, and Jewellery Design. Each stall was creatively laid out […]

The 11th meeting of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation of Architects (SAARCH) and the Students’ Forum was hosted by the Indian Institute of Architects (IIA) in New Delhi from March 12 – 14, 2008. The Sri Lanka delegation was led by SLIA President, ArchtJayanthaPerera and included three senior architects and a group of […]

To commemorate the 100th birth anniversary of Geoffrey Beling, his family organised an exhibition at the Sapumal Foundation in March 2008. Geoffrey Beling was a founding member of the eminent 43rd group. In addition to being a painter, he was also the architect and designer of the Lionel Wendt Art gallery.