The relationship between religion and architecture is one that never weakens. It is religion which plays the most pivotal part in controlling a society and places of worship become the centres around which communities are built. In the formation of a community, it has always been religious buildings which have taken priority and […]


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Religious buildings always played a significant role in the organizational structure of ancient civilizations. Indulgence in prayer and reflection provided relief from day to day suffering, calamities and sorrow that engulfed various communities from time to time.


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An exclusive, conspicuous and essentially feminine display and selling space was what the owners of Genelle shoe range required. This was the design concept of the space Architect Suzette Whehella created which defined the brand message of the Genelle shoe shop.


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Today Dilummini de Mel is not only an architect with a busy practice but is also thoroughly involved in working with the professional body – the Sri Lanka Institute of Architects, giving her time to impart her professional knowledge to create better environments for the less privileged while not neglecting her duties as a housewife and a mother of two growing children of 11 and eight respectively.


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“History repeats itself in different ways.” After the nomadic age, human beings initiated living in permanent lodgings rather than moving from place to place.


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The Geoffrey Bawa memorial lecture was held on the 25th of May 2012 at the P de S Kularatne Hall, Ananda College, Colombo 8.


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The Geoffrey Bawa Trust is organizing a series of events to mark the 93rd birth anniversary of an eminent architect who was not only a member of the SLIA but also the President of the SLIA session1969/1970. The events include an exhibition of colonial period furniture from the Geoffrey Bawa collection, tours of his most […]


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The first CPD for the session was held at the HNB towers on 25th May, 2012 on “Designing Environmentally Responsive Buildings”. The objective of the session was to explore some facets of the looming environment crisis, towards which energy guzzling buildings make a fair contribution, to generate a dialog among members of the SLIA on […]


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