by Ismeth Raheem Photographs by Ulrik Plesner and Eresh Weerasuriya Quotes from Ulrik  Plesner are excerpts from an interview by Deepali Mody in August, 2007. Ulrik Plesner was definitely not the first Dane to travel to Sri Lanka in search of inspiration and fortune. Danish interest in Sri Lanka goes back to the mid-seventeenth century, […]

by Harin Fernando Photography by Sanka Sammana and Jüergen Schreiber The Fortress Hotel was declared open in January 2007 on the site of the former mass-market, Club Horizon, in Koggala. The architect assigned to spearhead the ambitious brief was Nihal Bodhinayake of Nihal Bodhinayake Associates.

by Harin Fernando Photography by Archt Chinthaka Wickramage Karaithivu, in the Ampara District of the Eastern Province, was one of the areas worst hit by the 2004 Asian tsunami. The Al-Hussain Vidyalaya in Maligakadu, Karaithivu was completely destroyed. Over 56 students on the register were reported as missing or dead. GOAL Sri Lanka, an Irish […]

By Simon Dean  |  Photography by Tilak Samarawickrema When architect Tilak Samarawickrema took on the job of renovating an old building in Maharagama to make a new product development facility for the apparel sector’s Hirdaramani Group, the brief was to make a place where buyers could come and be comfortable.

The Geoffrey Bawa Trust, together with the Steering and Judging Committees for the Geoffrey Bawa Award 2007 / 2008 for Excellence in Architecture, recently announced the nine shortlisted finalists. This is the inaugural Geoffrey Bawa Award, and carries a prize of Rupees 1 million for the winner.

by Anisha Niyas | Photography by Sanka Sammana Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunge commissioned architect Anura Ratnavibushana to design a memorial for her late husband, Vijaya Kumaratunge in Katunayake in 1991-1992. The memorial is a 27 feet x 90 feet rectangular area, with stone walls enclosing the space and ivy left to grow on the walls, making […]

The 11th meeting of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation of Architects (SAARCH) and the Students’ Forum was hosted by the Indian Institute of Architects (IIA) in New Delhi from March 12 – 14, 2008. The Sri Lanka delegation was led by SLIA President, ArchtJayanthaPerera and included three senior architects and a group of […]

The Burj Dubai with 141 storeys and 500m high has been declared the world’s tallest building. It’s now taller than the Taipei 101 in Taiwan, which used to hold the title for the tallest structure in the world since 2004.