The Sri Lanka Institute of Architects celebrated its 50th anniversary recently. This significant event in September 2007 was planned to coincide with the Arcasia forum 14, titled Asianation – Architecture across cultures. The theme explored architecture in an Asian context centredaround sub-themes: Asian endeavour, Asian Edge, and My Asia. A panel of distinguished guest speakers […]


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Mrs. Lena Kotelawela recently donated Rs. 100,000/= to the bursary scheme of the Colombo School of Architecture, launched for deserving students. Also in the picture is Archt Prasanna Silva, Director, Colombo School of Architecture and Archt. Nela de Soysa, President, Alumni Association of the School.


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The most prestigious architectural award in Britain, the RIBA Stirling prize for 2007 was won by David Chipperfield for the Museum of Modern Literature in Germany.The RIBA Sterling prize is given for the RIBA building of the year and the event is run in association with the Architect Journal .The prize is named after the […]


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Leading Japanese Architect Kisho Kurokawa dies at age 73. He died on Friday the 12th October 2007 of heart failure in Tokyo. Kisho Kurokawa graduated from Kyoto University in 1957 and then studied at the Graduate School of Tokyo University under Kenzo Tange. In the 1960s he founded the Japanese avant-garde movement known as the […]


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Lord Norman Foster has stepped down as the head of Norman Foster and Partners and handed the reigns to the little known Mouzhan Majidi in a new restructuring plan. This move comes as no surprise since 40 percent of the company was acquired by investment giant 3I for a reported £100 million.


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The Bahrain world trade centre will become the first building in the world to integrate large-scale wind turbines to the design of a commercial building. The project tries to harness wind power through three giant wind turbines to generate electricity. These turbines, each measuring 29m in diameter, are support by bridges that span the two […]


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by David Robson It is a very dangerous thing to allow a builder, especially a failed one, to review a book by an architect. We builders are sworn enemies of architects the world over, because it is we who always get the blame when their designs go wrong. So I positively rubbed my hands with […]


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by Barbara Sansoni Barbara Sansoni’s fascination with buildings had begun in her childhood through high ceiling, wide verandah residencies which were occupied by her father as Government Agent in Batticaloa, Kurunegala and Matale. Her love affair with architecture crystallized in the early 60s. Unable to purchase the many beautiful buildings that were being knocked down […]


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