Author Archives: Shayari de Silva

Working the ground: Farmer Field School in Thirappane, Sri Lanka, by Robust Architecture Workshop

By Shayari de Silva 29 September 2024 Buildings

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The agricultural school in Sri Lanka by Robust Architecture Workshop teaches local farmers how to build with and grow in the earth

Colombo, Sri Lanka – CAA Conference

1 April 2010 By Catherine Slessor

Architects from the Commonwealth debate notions of sustainability that go beyond box-ticking

Pringiers House by Tadao Ando Architects, Mirissa, Sri Lanka

4 March 2011 By Rob Gregory

This adventurous new house in Sri Lanka intelligently and dramatically exploits its…

Garden Room in Sri Lanka by ADM Architects

25 June 2014 By Channa Daswatte

AR House 2014 Runner Up: inspired by the original occupation of the…

CH Fernando House (1954–2023): demolition postcard

8 August 2023 By Sumayya Vally

Sumayya Vally sends a postcard to Minnette de Silva’s rammed earth house…

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Forgotten history: a vision for Palestinian refugees’ agricultural self-sufficiency

30 October 2023 By Nadi Abusaada

The Arab Development Society, a 1950s model village outside Jericho, established agricultural…

The Architectural Review Ground issue cover, September 2024, depicts a crater in Siberia formed from the collapse of melting permafrost. The photograph is by Katie Orlinsky and features a blue sky in the top 20%, then trees, grass and dark brown mud in gooey forms in the bottom two thirds of the image

AR September 2024: Ground

2 September 2024 By Manon Mollard, Eleanor Beaumont and Kristina Rapacki

Archigrest | Toposcape | La Cabina de La Curiosidad | Mien Ruys…

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