Surath Wickramasinghe conferred with Int'l award

The University of Westminster conferred a Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters to Surath Wickramasinghe, Chartered Architect and Chartered Town Planner at the Convocation Ceremony recently.

Surath graduated from the University of Westminster, London and completed a Masters Degree in Planning at the University of Moratuwa. The Doctorate was conferred for his outstanding contributions in transforming the Practice and the Profession of Architecture. The University in its Citation recognized his professional education combined with a keen sense of opportunity buttressed by the innate creativity and ability to face challenge refined over many years, has made him an exceptional leader of his profession.

Surath Wickremasinghe has made an outstanding contribution to Architecture for over four decades. His carrier combines a prolific and continued output of significant Architecture and Urban Design Projects including a distinguished list of writings and publications. He is an Architect, an Urban Planner, Developer, Visionary and an unchallengeable Leader with innovative contribution to inspire the transformation of Architecture, its Profession and the Construction Industry in Sri Lanka. The designs and the buildings stand out as landmarks of his achievements, won several impressive and distinguished Excellence Awards including the highest Honor the Sri Lanka Institute of Architects (SLIA) can bestow the 'Gold Medal' for Architecture.

Surath's significant contribution to the Sri Lanka Institute of Architects was inbetween 1982 as President-Elect and 1983 to 1985 as its President when he laid a firm and indestructible foundation for the SLIA's ascendancy among the professions from a virtually unknown small Institute to gain its present identity as one of the most active and professionally articulate organizations in Sri Lanka and Asia.