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23rd Annual Geoffrey Bawa Memorial Lecture with Junya Ishigami

  • Sri Lanka Foundation Institute No.100, Sri Lanka Padanama Mawatha, Independence Square, Colombo, WP, 00700 Sri Lanka (map)

Join us for the annual Geoffrey Bawa Memorial Lecture to be delivered by renowned architect Junya Ishigami.

Founder of the junya.ishigami+associates architectural firm, Ishigami is known for his large scale projects that beautifully entwine natural surroundings within built structures.  Some of his notable works include the Kanagawa Institute of Technology KAIT Workshop / KAIT Plaza, the Park Groot Vijversburg Visitor Center, MIZUNIWA, the Serpentine Pavilion 2019, House & Restaurant, and the Zaishui Art Museum. 

Ishigami has been honored with several prestigious awards, including: the Architectural Institute of Japan Prize (2009); the Golden Lion award for the best project at the 12th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia (2010); the Mainichi Design Award (2010); the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s Art Encouragement Prize for New Artists (of fine arts); the OBEL Award by the Henrik Frode Obel Foundation (2019); the Frederick Kiesler Prize for Architecture and the Arts (2024); and the Architectural Institute of Japan Prize (2024). He was elected an Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (2025) and received the Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize (2026).

The 2026 Geoffrey Bawa Memorial Lecture is supported by Lanka Tiles.

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