A lone carriage painted in blue attached to a long line of red hued train carriages signaled the latest addition to Sri Lanka’s railway system. A pioneering venture of Expo Rail and created by KWA Architects, the brightly coloured carriage signified the dawn of a new era of luxury train services in Sri Lanka.

It is not only in theory but in practice, that architecture is a complex form of art. It is complex in its nature as it entails planning, creative designing and executing a three dimensional space, reflective of its function.The creator must have astute observations of the surrounding environment, the cultural and functional needs and the […]

The book is a successful achievement of an attempt to research the concepts and works accomplished by the master architect Kengo Kuma, during 1994 and 2004. By Luigi Alini with an essay by Kengo Kuma  Reviewed by Archt. Jayantha Domingo The book includes an Introduction to the subject by the author, Luigi Alini, who is […]

Early childhood interactions with building sites and architects shaped Architect Michele Fonseka’s future. Her family background is based in construction as her grandfather and later her father headed a well established engineering and construction company that she lived next door to, affording her a close up view into the construction industry. By Mutiara Tegal Educated […]

It has been revealed that about 50 percent of Colombo’s population lives in under-served, low-income settlements. This project seeks to look at new architectural possibilities for the regional housing predicament by providing flexible, adaptable and incremental residential units for more than 180 squatter families living in a coastal urban edge. The main objective of the […]

CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY AND EXPERIMENTAL VISUAL MEDIA CENTRE | BAMBALAPITIYA CLIENTS AND FUNDING: TRIAD (PVT) LTD, SRI LANKANETWORK ONE – THE WORLD’S LARGEST NETWORK OF INDEPENDENT AGENCIES THE PROJECT The “Creative photography and  experimental visual media centre” is proposed under a mission to be a globally recognised center pioneering in groundbreaking photographic and visual design studies […]

Archt Sagara Jayasinghe’s new book is a historical and architectural survey of the Catholic churches of the Kalpitiya peninsula. While analysing in detail the historical evolution of art and architecture of the centre of devotion of the peninsula – St Anne’s Shrine, Talawila, he also traces the diversity of design in the other churches of […]

The 21st Annual Architect of the Year Award was held in Sri Lanka. It is significant in that this is the first time that AYA has been held outside of India. Minister of Economic Development, Basil Rajapaksa graced the occasion as the Chief Guest, while Ashok Kantha, the Indian High Commissioner was the Guest of […]