EXHIBITION: on view now
Akurugraphy is an exhibition about the letterforms of Sri Lanka. An exploration of their beauty, their history, and where their future lies beyond just reading the printed word. Curated by Colombo-based design studio and type foundry Mooniak, Akurugraphy showcases letterforms across Sinhala, Tamil, and English through typography, archival research, software development, and script standardisation.
On view from 24 June — 8 November 2026
Open Wednesday – Sunday | 10:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
The Bawa Space, 42/1 Horton Place, Colombo 07
Free Admission
Akurugraphy
23rd Annual Geoffrey Bawa Memorial Lecture with 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, Sri Lanka Padanama Mw, Colombo 07
Register here
Moonamal Award
Excellence in Design for Ecological Coexistence
The Geoffrey Bawa Moonamal Award seeks to catalyse a new movement in Sri Lankan design by recognizing projects that decentre the human, reverse anthropogenic degradation of the environment, and foster ecological regeneration through interdisciplinary collaboration for the coexistence of all lifeforms and landscapes.
The award takes its name from the Moonamal tree at Lunuganga, Geoffrey Bawa’s garden in Bentota. A legacy of the site’s original forest landscape, the Moonamal is an indigenous species that embodies the need for ecologically sensitive designs balancing human requirements with those of nature.
After five cycles of the Geoffrey Bawa Award for outstanding contemporary Sri Lankan architecture, the Trust and its partners are pivoting to a new award that will address the growing gap between design, ecology and the environment. The Trust is partnering with the Wildlife and Nature Protection Society of Sri Lanka, and is in conversation with other institutional partners who will support the interdisciplinary vision of this new award.
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