March 11, 2025
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6min35
As one of the 20th century’s most influential architects, Geoffrey Bawa’s contribution to modern Sri Lankan interior design is sometimes overlooked.  Often collaborating with friends and colleagues, his breadth of interior and decorative work included designing and commissioning furniture, fittings, and art that inhabited his architectural spaces.     Bawa’s designs embodied the social, economic, […]

February 26, 2025
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2min23
The Architect Work, Lifestyle, and Trade Exhibition, organized by the Sri Lanka Institute of Architects, took place from 21st to 23rd February 2025 at the BMICH, Colombo. As the Official Furniture Partner, Singer Sri Lanka showcased an innovative, modern apartment-style concept, featuring fully furnished living, dining, kitchen, and bedroom spaces designed for both residential and […]

August 5, 2024
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4min47
The 2024 Geoffrey Bawa Memorial Lecture will be delivered by architect and educator Anupama Kundoo at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, 9th August at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute (No.100, Sri Lanka Padanama Mawatha, Independence Square, Colombo 7). Her talk is titled “Rethinking Material Resources alongside Human Resourcefulness.”     This annual event organised by the […]

June 19, 2024
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Architect Geoffrey Bawa is widely known for designing buildings including the Sri Lankan Parliament and multiple institutions. The ways of inhabiting these spaces made Bawa’s personal garden, Lunuganga, all the more striking as a place that encouraged limitless self-expression from both an architectural and personal standpoint. The Order of Nature is an ongoing project at […]

August 24, 2023

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      ‘Ini’ – a much-awaited book on the inimitable architectural works of Sri Lankan architect Vijitha Basnayaka was launched on Wednesday, 23rd August, aptly in a building designed by the architect. This book provides an insight into Basnayaka’s highly collaborative process of design, where buildings are steered through an informal path of development, […]


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