Theorist
Minnette de Silva
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Details
- Nationality
- Sri Lankan
Classifications
- Holder
- Communal intergenerational
- Source of authority
- Lived experienceObservation
- Subject
- Human centred
- Political position
- Subaltern resistant
- Mode of transmission
- ApprenticeshipText drawing
- Knowledge type
- Relational embodied
- Epistemic cluster
- Western philosophicalSouth asian
Notes
[DRAFT] First Sri Lankan woman trained as an architect and the first Asian woman elected an associate of RIBA (1948). A pioneer of what she called 'Modern Regionalism', she fused modernism with local craft and participatory design, anticipating Critical Regionalism. A founding contributor to the journal Marg.
Connections
- associated with Contemporary Global South Practice
Sources
- Minnette de Silva. The Life and Work of an Asian Woman Architect. Smart Media Productions, 1998.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "Minnette de Silva." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theorist/minnette-de-silva/. Accessed July 17, 2026.