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.

The graduation exhibition of the Final year Design students was held at the University of Moratuwa in March 2008. The most highlighted design presentation was the Final year Comprehensive Design Projects of the five design disciplines: Furniture Design, Ceramic Design, Fashion Design, Graphic and Communication Design, and Jewellery Design. Each stall was creatively laid out […]

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 […]

To commemorate the 100th birth anniversary of Geoffrey Beling, his family organised an exhibition at the Sapumal Foundation in March 2008. Geoffrey Beling was a founding member of the eminent 43rd group. In addition to being a painter, he was also the architect and designer of the Lionel Wendt Art gallery.

The Annual National Conference of the Sri Lanka Institute of Architects was held on February 21, 2008. This year the event, titled ‘Architect the Initiator,’ attempted to explore an architecture that has become a catalyst for change and development. The distinguished speakers at the event endeavoured in their presentations to create a lively debate and […]

by Anisha Niyas Eresh Weerasuriya is an extraordinary architectural photographer. His fascination for buildings, and taking photographs of them began at a young age, which was what fuelled a search for a new perspective.