Sri Lanka is a stunningly green landscape. Its naturally fertile lands, and the ever growing green jungles and fields sit just beyond the chaotically built-fabric of the cities and towns. In the past, small peasant houses with verandahs covered in thatch dotted this landscape in small hamlets while tile-roofed temples and white-washed dagobas occupying higher […]

                  In the parlance of mystic poetry, “dissolving boundaries” is a metaphor for transcendental experience and the concomitant unified consciousness of man. When state boundaries dissolve, however, the situation is somewhat different; an influx of people, ideas, ideologies, finances and materials1  is transferred across borders, hitherto impervious […]

Architects are a necessary component of the built environment, as they possess the skill to create a cohesive environment between the natural and built environment.

To personalise the environment around us is an instinctive reaction intended to organise our surroundings to better suit our lifestyles. This customization of spaces stems from the need to better demarcate one’s own entity and distinguish one from the other.  This is where the science of interior design takes predominance in creating and recreating environments […]

The world is changing. We humans have become, as a response to the advancements in science and technology, almost robotic in our reactions and lifestyles.

Religion has been and is one of the most powerful and predominant forces which govern the way in which people live their lives. It is the core foundation on which communities shape themselves and transform.

The 21st century brings with it a number of diverse functions required to suit the growing needs of the people. With the growth of population, change of trends, available consumer items, and activities, communities globally are faced with the ever persistent problem of housing these varied needs of society.

The urban environment is a complex matrix of physical, social and economic generators that are the prime initiators of change.