Name |
Tenure |
Birth date |
Birthplace |
Death date |
Death place |
Notable works |
James George Smither OBE | 1865-1883 | January–March 1833 | Ireland | 1910 | Camberwell, England | |
There are no records of a Chief Architect being appointed until 1925 |
Austin Woodeson OBE | 1925 - 1932 | 3 May 1873 | Reading, Berkshire, England | 24 November 1935 | Bournemouth, England | |
Tom Neville Wynne-Jones CBE, CMG | 1932-1953 | 19 November 1893 | Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales | 21 June 1979 | Frinton-on-Sea, Essex | |
Homi Billimoria OBE | 1953-1956 | 23 May 1901 | Colombo, Ceylon | June 1956 | Colombo | |
Justin Samarasekera[2][17] | 1956-1962 | 21 May 1916 | Colombo, Ceylon | 3 November 2003 | Colombo, Sri Lanka |
- Independence Memorial Hall, Colombo (1948)
- Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science, Colombo (1959)
- Institute of Practical Technology, Katubedde, Moratuwa (1959)
- Kalutara Chaitya, Kalutara (1965)
- Indian Pavilion and Ceylon Paper Corporation Pavilion, International Industrial Exhibition, Colombo (1965)
- Atchchuveli Industrial Estate, Jaffna (1970)
- SLFP Party Headquarters, Colombo (1970)
- University of Kelaniya Library, Kelaniya (1973)
- Kollupitiya Market, Colombo (1976)
- Yala Safari (1976)
- Wornel's Reef Hotel, Beruwala (1974)
- University of Ceylon Physics and Chemistry buildings (1979)
- Co-operative Wholesale Establishment, Colombo (1981)
- Sripada National College of Education, Kotagala (1982-89)
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Velayuthampillai Kandavel (acting)[18] | -1969 | | | | | |
In 1969 the Public Works Department was abolished and replaced with the Department of Buildings.[5] |
Panini Tennekoon[21] | 1977-1979 | 5 February 1922 | | 17 July 2007 | Colombo, Sri Lanka |
- Colombo Library (1975)[22][23]
- National Archives building (1975)
- Teaching Hospital complex at Colombo South General Hospital, Kalubowila
- Bandaranaike Samadhi, Horagolla
- Siyane Teachers Training College, Nittambuwa - assembly hall, female teacher trainees hostel and library
- Kalubowila Hospital
- Kollupitiya police station
- Wadduwa police station
- Peradenyia post office
- Ministry of Buddha Sasana Complex, Colombo
- Clock tower, New Town Anuradhapura
- Zoological Gardens, Dehiwala - aquarium, entrance feature, reptilium, restaurant, and management office complex
- Central Supermarket, Pettah (1979)
- Supreme Court Complex, Hulftsdorp (1978)
- Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children, Borella
- Sepala Wimaladharma Molligoda ~1981
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Upali Iddawala[24] | 1997-1999 | 1940 | Ambepussa, Sri Lanka | | | |
Tamara Nandani Welikala Dayaratne | | | | | | |
Menaka Mangalanantha (acting)[25] | 2017 - 2019 | | | | | |
Ranathunga Arachchige Thushari Sajeewanee Ranathunga[26] | 2019–present | | | | |