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 […]

The internationally acclaimed Bengali architect Rafiq Azam spoke about his work at the SLIA Auditorium. He is a graduate of BUET (1989) and practices from his own studio “SHATOTTO architecture for green living”. His architecture is a fusion of tradition, nature and mysticism with significant harmony. The distinctive features of his designs are use of vegetation […]

The Auditorium of Center of Banking Studies; Rajagiriya was the venue of the third CPD event on “Designing your building façade”. Archt Rahul Miskeen, Vice President, Design and Planning Glass Wall Systems (India) focused on the design and technical aspects in façade designs in low rise, middle rise and high rise buildings describing various design […]

Gearing up for a new paradigm of heritage building architecture in asian cities” was the theme of the 15th ARCASIA congress. It was hosted by the Indonesian Institute of Architects (IAI) in Bali. Apart from the Internal Council meetings the IAI had organised many interesting events such as a series of cross-border architecture expert presentations, […]

The SLIA formed two cricket teams subsequent to selection matches played at the Bandaranaike Grounds. The two teams were captained by Archt Ranga Dayasena and Archt Buddhika Manoj Champika. The teams performed favorably at their first outing – the Cricket tournament organised by the OPA at the Bloomfield Grounds. Subsequently, the teams also participated at […]

The CPD event 2 was held on August 24, 2012 at the HNB Towers Auditorium. The topic deliberated was on resolving of disputes arising from cost overruns, poor construction material and implementation, and other perceived breaches of construction contracts. Resolving these disputes in court is expensive both in terms of time wasted, cost incurred, and […]

The Part II – Year I students of the City School of Architecture organized an Architectural Study Tour to Egypt. The tour included visits to historical sites as well as a cruise on the Nile. A short description of a few places which awed the tourists from CSA were: Egypt Museum: contains the world’s most […]

The Architecture Student’s Jamboree held at the MAS Fabric Park, Thulhiriya from 17th to the 19th of August was a well organized event which was enjoyed by the 93 participants comprising students from the University of Moratuwa, the City School of Architecture and Members of the Organising Committee. The Agenda included a personality Development workshop […]