Rooting for Sri Lanka and His Profession

Chartered architect Rajiv Senanayake co-founded Design Forum with architect Lilantha Wijayapala in 2000, a company of chartered architects, consultants and designers

- Jennifer Paldano Goonewardane

In his long career, first working under senior architects and then launching on his own, Rajiv has undertaken many projects in Sri Lanka and abroad, from residences to designing, renovating and restoring interiors for corporate, hospitality, institutional and retail spaces. He is progressive in his sentiments about what he wants for his country to create an enabling environment for all sectors and professions to flourish. A great proponent of change and a country loyalist, Rajiv, speaking to Business Today, still has hope for a new Sri Lanka. He is holding out for a change that will positively impact the profession that he serves with immense passion. He is confident that Sri Lanka’s immensely talented architects can navigate the next phase of development with some push from those in authority and a commitment to allow them to define Sri Lanka’s landscape within its strengths and perch it among the best-planned countries in the world.

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