Minnette De Silva: Intersections Book Launch

Join Head Hi and MACK as we host author and architecture historian Anooradha Iyer Siddiqi and architect Shivani Shedde for an afternoon book launch and conversation on this newly released publication exploring the work of Sri Lankan architect Minnette De Silva, one of the twentieth century’s most significant architects and cultural figures.

More about the book:

When Minnette De Silva founded the Studio of Modern Architecture in Kandy, Sri Lanka (then Ceylon), in 1947, she was one of the first women in the world to establish a professional architectural practice as sole principal. Today, she is known for her designs and constructions of private residences and public institutions, settlement planning, experiments in building and handicraft, research, curation, and writing. Her practice treated architecture as a lived experience and a contemporary expression of heterogeneous pasts.

Minnette De Silva: Intersections offers a richly illustrated critical introduction to De Silva’s practice, exploring a…