Minnette de Silva, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Sir Lankan architect
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Place of Birth: Kandy, Central Province, Sri Lanka
About Minnette de Silva
- Minnette de Silva (Sinhala: ????? ? ??????;Tamil: ?????? ?? ??????; 1 February 1918 – 24 November 1998) was an internationally recognized architect, considered the pioneer of the modern architectural style in Sri Lanka.
- De Silva was a fellow of the Sri Lanka Institute of Architects. De Silva was the first Sri Lankan woman to be trained as an architect and the first Asian woman to be elected an associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in 1948.
- De Silva was also the first Asian representative of CIAM in 1947 and was one of the founding members of the Architectural publication Marg.
- Later in her life, she was awarded the SLIA Gold Medal for her contribution to Architecture in particular her pioneering work developing a 'regional modernism for the tropics'.
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