Sri Lankan Architect Palinda Kannangara has a joined the study course conducted by the Sri Lanka Institute of Architects in 1994 and established independent practice in 2005. The firm PalindaKannangara Architects has been the recipient of several prestigious awards including the Golden Emerging Architect Award, Sri Lanka instituted by A+D and CERA and the Emerging Architect Asia Award by Architecture Asia (2014, 2016). PalindaKannangara Architects have been on India’s AD50 list of best practices in the subcontinent for three consecutive years (2015, 2016, 2017). More recently the firm has been awarded 1st prize in 2A Awards Asia and Merit Award Azure Canada , First Prize residential category in Geoffrey Bawa Awards.