23rd Annual Geoffrey Bawa Memorial Lecture
Junya Ishigami
After completing a master's program at the Department of Architecture at Tokyo University of the Arts, he founded junya.ishigami+associates in 2004, having previously worked at Kazuyo Sejima & Associates.
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.
Junya Ishigami has been honored with 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).
Thursday, 23 July 2026
6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Sri Lanka Foundation Institute, Colombo 07
Admission is free, but spaces are limited
Register here: https://junya-ishigami.eventbrite.com
Supported by
Past Lectures
2025 Frank Escher and Ravi GuneWardena
2024 Anupama Kundoo
2023 Isabella Ono
2022 Tatiana Bilbao
2021 Sumayya Vally
2020 Marina Tabassum
2019 Kengo Kuma
2018 Abdel Wahed El Wakil
2017 Abha Lambah
2016 Kasef Chowdhry
2015 Yang Zhao
2014 Juan Pablo Serrano & J. Francisco Serrano
2013 Kate Otten
2012 Bijoy Jain
2011 Wong Mun Summ and Richard Hassel
2010 Cecil Balmond
2009 Mok Wei Wei
2008 Gary Chang
2007 Kerry Hill
2006 Rahul Mehrotra
2005 David Robson
2004 Senake Bandaranayake