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Government of Sri Lanka. Headquarters. 99/1 Jawatta Road Colombo 05, Sri Lanka. Parent department. Ministry of Disaster Management. Website. www.nbro.gov.lk. The National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) is a Sri Lankan government research and development institute established in 1984. The organisation is responsible for various programmes ...
Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 9 June 1959: Minister of Local Government and Housing [10] 21 November 1959: W. Dahanayake: M. B. W. Mediwake: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: J. R. Jayewardene: United National Party: 23 March 1960: 1960: Dudley Senanayake [10] Mahanama Samaraweera: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 23 July 1960: Sirimavo Bandaranaike [11] Badi-ud-din ...
Altair is a residential and commercial development under construction in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The building has a 68-floor vertical tower and 63 floor leaning or sloping tower. [4] At 240.0 m (787 ft), the building will be one of the tallest buildings in Colombo when it is completed. The building is situated on the banks of the Beira Lake on a 2 ...
Whereas structures that are under construction but have topped out are included in this list. The majority of high-rise structures in the country are located in the commercial capital Colombo. As of May 2017, the tallest structure on the island is the Lotus Tower at 350 m (1,150 ft), and the tallest habitable building is the Altair at 240 m ...
Architecture of Sri Lanka. The Temple of the Tooth in Kandy, Sri Lanka, is an example of traditional Sri Lankan architecture. The architecture of Sri Lanka displays a rich variety of architectural forms and styles. Shaivism has had a significant influence on early Sri Lankan architecture, during the reign of King Ravana, then Buddhism has also ...
Mahaweli Development programme. The Mahaweli Development program (Sinhala: මහවැලි සංවර්ධන වැඩසටහන) is known as the largest multipurpose national development program in the history of Sri Lanka and is also considered the keystone of the government's development program that was initiated in 1961.
In Sri Lanka, architects are required to meet three common requirements for registration: education, experience, and examination. The Education can be from one of the two available institutions; the degree course held by University of Moratuwa or by the part-time course held by the City School of Architecture (owned by the Sri Lanka institute ...
It was subsequently used by the State Council (1931–1947), the House of Representatives (1947–1972), the National State Assembly (1972–1977) and the Parliament of Sri Lanka (1977–1981). Today the Old Parliament Building is used by the Presidential Secretariat.