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The Chief Architect was a position created in 1865 by ... Colombo (1948) Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science, Colombo (1959) Institute of ...
The following is a list of architects with a strong connection to the country of Sri Lanka (i.e., born in Sri Lanka, located in Sri Lanka or known primarily for their work in Sri Lanka). This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
In 2014 Weddikkara is the incumbent President of the Institute of Quantity Surveyors Sri Lanka, Senior Vice President of the Institute of Architects Sri Lanka, Former Chairman of the Board of Architectural Education at the Sri Lanka Institute of Architects (SLIA), [9] [10] a founding council member of the Chamber of Construction Industry, a ...
Minnette de Silva (Sinhala: මිනට් ද සිල්වා;Tamil: மினிட் டி சில்வா; 1 February 1918 – 24 November 1998) was an internationally recognised architect, considered the pioneer of the modern architectural style in Sri Lanka. [2] [3] De Silva was a fellow of the Sri Lanka Institute of Architects ...
Panini Tennekoon (5 February 1922 – 16 July 2007) was a Sri Lankan architect. [1] [2] He spent most of his career as a public servant, working in the Public Works Department, serving as the country's chief architect, before running his own architectural practice, designing low-cost housing and investigating sustainable timber use in construction.
Bawa was influenced by colonial and traditional Ceylonese architecture, and the role of water in it, but rejected both the idea of regionalism and the imposition of preconceived forms onto a site. [14] Plesner left the island in 1967. [15] Bawa became an Associate of the Sri Lanka Institute of Architects in 1960.
He was Sri Lanka's first City Planner [3] and for this reason, he is referred to as the "Father of Sri Lanka's Town Planning". He is a former Ambassador to the United States . Weerasinghe was educated at the Royal College Colombo and went on to study architecture at the University of Liverpool under Sir Patrick Abercrombie .
Thurairajah was a fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (1967), Australian Institute of Architects (1989), Indian Institute of Architects (1965), Sri Lanka Institute of Architects (1976) and Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (1968).