a condensation of our building tradition “We have a marvellous tradition of building in this country that has got lost because people followed outside influences over their own good instincts…” voiced the world renowned architect Geoffrey Bawa (2002), who in the late 60’ through and up until his demise yearned to bring contemporary relevance to […]

Tracing Colonialism in Galle.. Student    : Mutiara Tegal Institution:     City School of Architecture year 2 part 2 2008-09 The Story of Colonialism: The beginning of colonialism in Sri Lanka might have a definite date but its end still eludes us. It is a story begun that has no end.

Student    : Gayani Lakshika Hewage Institution: University of Moratuwa Project     : Sanctuary of the Eco-spirit at Boralasgamuwa A place of safety which allows returning to our centre, renew ourselves: body, mind and spirit. A place to heal individuals through an intimate sense of belonging to nature: to heal through nature’s spirit: a Sanctuary of the […]

while preserving culture
Tropical architecture has traditionally been taken to mean architecture adapted to the tropical climate.Vernacular structures, are in essence “architecture without architects”.

The house looks like any other, four walls, roof, windows and doors. However one thing sets it apart from the rest. Built in 2005, this modest house in Kalagedihena, Gamapaha was built using compressed straw bales instead of bricks as an experiment by Engineer Piyal Ganepola and Engineer/Researcher Shozo Inagami. By Udeshi Amarasinghe | Photography […]

Indo-Britons & the Architecture of South India by Shanti Jayewardene Pillai Published by YODA PRESS, India Imperial Conversations – a quest to understand nineteenth century architectural history presents a refreshingly different view point as until the late 1980s”British and Indian buildings were studied separately and imperial architecture portrayed as having occurred without Indians”.

A painter, landscape artist, architect, sculptor and innovator are the cascade of titles that trail after the name Laki Senanayake. Yet the artist himself likens his numerous creative accomplishments to “eating ice cream, to indulge in one thing only to move on to another”; a means he says, to keep boredom at bay.

The 30th ARCASIA Council Meeting and the 15th ARCASIA Forum was held …