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.

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 […]

A Timeless Beauty by Greca M Durant | Photography by Sanka Sammana When Amali and Buddhika Kariyawasan contracted Archt K B Menaka Mangalanatha, Amali clearly outlined what she wanted for a house: airy, sunlit, with a very big white hall. She also wanted to see different colours whenever she moved around the house, and to […]

by Simon Dean | Photographs Courtesy: Kent Architectural stained glass is an old world invention. However, where once this skillful craft was used to adorn only the buildings of the wealthy, the royal and the sacred, today it is far more accessible and can be seen across the full architectural spectrum.

by Nandaka Jayasinghe Illustrations by Bhagya Gunatilake and Mekala Wanniarachchi Traditionally, in order to get an idea of the character and functionality of a space, a design needed to be resolved in terms of plan, section, and elevation. The images conveyed by these are inter-dependant, and are equally important in understanding and conceiving the considered […]