News, Events

July 2015 Varuna de Silva participates in the prestigious Glenn Murcutt International Architecture Master Class

Varuna de Silva, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Architecture participated in the prestigious 2015 Glenn Murcutt International Architecture Master Class held in Sydney, Australia from 5-19th July 2015. He was the first ever participant from Sri Lanka and was awarded a 50% scholarship as a worthy applicant.

February 2015 Students exhibition at SLIA annual sessions at BMICH Colombo

The Department of Architecture took part in the Architect 2015 Exhibition held at BMICH Colombo from 19 to 22 February. The creations and coursework of students from Level 1 to 5 were displayed in the University of Moratuwa stall, with emphasis on the 2014 final year Comprehensive Design Projects. A large number of visitors visited the stall.

November 2014 The Golden Emerging Architect, Sri Lanka - Archt. Dr. Narein Perera

The Awards Ceremony for the eleventh cycle of the prestigious ‘Architecture+Design &CERA Awards 2014’ was held in Istanbul, Turkey. The event was organised by Architecture+Design, the premium national journal of architecture of Exposure Media Marketing Ltd. of Burda International and CERA. The event was a rare intellectual platform with an august gathering of over 250 architects from India, South-East Asia and Turkey.

November 2014 1stPlace of the Best Research Paper Award

Dr. Anishka Hettiarachchi, Senior Lecturer, Department of Architecture, 1stPlace of the Best Research Paper Award for the Joint paper presented with Welitharage, M.C at the National Energy Symposium 2014 organized by the Sustainable energy Authority of Sri Lanka held on 21st November 2014 at BMICH, Colombo 7

Title: Colour as a tool to manipulate indoor thermal perception in cold climatic regions.

October 2014 Second International Conference ICCPP 2014

The Department of Architecture successfully concluded the Second International Conference on Cities, People and Places (ICCPP-2014) and the inauguration was held on 31st October 2014 at the Foundation Institute in Colombo. The chief Guest of this event was Mr. Keith Davis, the country Director of British Council. The inauguration ceremony was concluded with a Sri Lanka cultural pageant and a conference dinner. The conference was held on Nov 1st, 2014 at the same venue.

October 2014 Pre-conference Urban Design Workshop

This was held on October 30th, 2014 from 9am to 5pm at the Department of Architecture for the students of architecture and planning. The workshop was conducted by Prof. Koen Wandeler from the University of Lueven in Belgium and a special lecture was conducted by Prof. Rich Rise from Texas University of USA. Several foreign academics and foreign students from the Universities from USA, Thailand, Cambodia, and India were participated the workshop.

Entry of foreign students to level 4 of Honours Degree of Bachelor of Architecture to follow the level 4 and level 5 studies

The Honours Degree of Bachelor of Architecture conducted by the Department of Architecture, University of Moratuwa is accredited by the following professional organizations;

  • Royal Institute of British Architects
  • Commonwealth Association of Architects
  • Sri Lanka Institute of Architects

The five years Honours Degree of Bachelor of Architecture is exempted from the part II by the above professional organizations

February 2014 Visit to the Department- President of Institute of Architects Pakistan and President of Institute of Architects Bangladesh

Archt. Jahangir Khan Sherpao, President of Institute of Architects Pakistan and Archt. Abu Sayeed M. Ahmed , President of Institute of Architects Bangladesh  made a visit to the Department of Architecture on 19th February 2014.They inspected selected works of students and discussed about the future collaborations..

They were in the island for the 2014 -Annual sessions of Sri Lanka Institute of Architects.