By Prasadini Nanayakkara | Photography by Eresh Weerasuriya. Snuggled inconspicuously at the end of a lane in Colombo 7, this house rises up on a narrow plot. With only 12 feet of the site confronting the road, the house is accommodated on the entire plot, boundary to boundary. The neighbourhood consists of high ceilinged, two […]

By Manisha Wijegoonewardena Photography by Malaka Weligapola When driving through the hillocks of Beregala, Wellawaya road it is impossible to miss this beautifully crafted holiday villa. The breathtaking view and serene surrounding of the location compliment and depict the theme behind the design.

By Ou Baholyodhin. Published by Tuttle Publishing, United States. (2000). “Living with Zen”- transforms a person into a minimalist by revealing Zen as an antidote to all that is excessive, formal, pompous or contrived. By a stunning new method of presentation- a fusion of symbolic pictures and scraps of philosophy, it changes ones view of […]

Stained Glass from churches in the southern province of Sri Lanka By Sagara Jayasinghe Popular since the early middle ages, stained glass window is an art form, used primarily in cathedrals, churches, chapels, and other such religious buildings. This has been a method of enhancing the windows and complementing the already magnificient architecture of these […]

By Manisha Wijegoonawardena She’s a ‘Jill of many trades’ in her selected sphere being a theatre director, actor, writer, teacher, Arts administrator and once a radio personality – all revolving around the arts. We met Tracy Holsinger at her production set of the Traveling Circus at Nuga Sevana, an amphitheatre on Bauddhaloka Mawatha; exceptional and […]

Vishaka Ratnayaka Student KURUNEGALA City School of Architecture Part 1, Year 4 | 2009 Institution The project is based on the new generation of modern buildings called the ‘Mediatheque’. The Mediatheque is a typology of buildings with which people understand, appreciate and learn the various forms of media-art,information technology, history of the media-arts etc.

for Galle Bay @ Closenberg, Galle. Student       | Gihan Iroshana Muthugala Institution | University of Moratuwa B. Arch. final year Project        | Marine Exploration Centre for Galle Bay. Location     | Closenberg, Galle, Sri Lanka. Context | Public commercial recreational functions intersection. Archeological, Architectural, Biological treasures around Site | 1084 […]

The annual tour organised by the Sri Lanka Institute of Architects this year was to Morocco….