Team Architrave
team architrave – a designer practice in Colombo, Sri Lanka
About Team Architrave
Team Architrave is a distinguished design practice based in Colombo, Sri Lanka, specializing in personalized and contextually responsive designs. Our expertise spans a variety of niches, including:
- Personalized Single-Family Homes
- Eco-Responsive Boutique Hotels
- Contextually Responsive Urban Infill Projects
- Innovative Retail and Office Facilities
- Specialized Interiors
Achievements and Recognition
Team Architrave has garnered significant acclaim, winning 9 Design Awards and 4 Colour Awards from the Sri Lanka Institute of Architects. Our award-winning projects encompass personalized houses, interiors, office buildings, and the creative reuse of older structures. Our work has been featured in prominent publications both locally and internationally, such as:
– Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary Architecture
– Beyond Bawa
– Architectural Review
– Architectural Design
– A+U
– Asian Design Destinations
Notable competition victories include the Jaffna Cultural Centre (2010) and the new wing of the Colombo Town Hall (1999).
Leadership
Team Architrave is led by **Madhura Prematilleke**, an accomplished architect educated at Moratuwa and Helsinki. Madhura’s extensive experience spans across Sri Lanka, Finland, India, China, Oman, and the Maldives.
**Team Architrave** is committed to delivering unique and innovative design solutions, making us a leader in the field of personalized and eco-responsive architecture.
Manifesto
Build less – slim the program
Build ON less – reduce the footprint, grow trees
Build in and out – dissolve barriers between inside and outside
Build slender – reduce mass, get slim, make natural light and ventilation possible
Build robust – lets go to ruin gracefully, reduce the need for maintenance
Build light – lightweight structures, layers and skin: touch the earth lightly
Build on what’s leftover – adapt the existing, bring history to life
Build ordinary – seek out the beautiful in the everyday, regular is the new special
Build safe, not sterile – kill hazard, don’t kill joy
Build local – feed off local material, local skills
Build interim – affordable now, grow later
Build hope, not ambition – architecture should offer hope to grow, not be heavy with ambition
Build need, not greed – necessity is cool, excess sucks
Team Architrave Team
