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KWA Architects
KWA Architects is an architectural practice based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is registered as a Chartered Architectural Practice at Sri Lanka Institute of Architects. KWA Architects was founded in 2008 by Chartered Architects Thilan Koththigoda and Thushari Wijesundara and currently have a staff of 20+ including seven Chartered Architects. It is an all service design firm engaged in architectural designs of high-rise buildings and mixed developments to high specification residential buildings, hospitality architectural as well as hospitality, commercial and retail interior design.

Awards & Notable Work
Colombo City Centre; a 48 storey,1.1 million square foot mixed development is a notable project of KWA Architects where KWA together with Aedas were the project's architects.

Layered House, a residential project by KWA Architects was selected as an entry in the Thames & Hudson book "The Contemporary House" by Ellie Stathaki and Jonathan Bell. This project also won a Highly Commended award at Asia Pacific Property Awards 2016.

KWA Architects won two awards for their work Reefs Edge Hotel (Best Hotel Architecture, Sri Lanka) and Expo Rail Railway Carriages (Public Service Interior, Sri Lanka) at the Asia Pacific Property Awards 2015. Their projects Retail Interior for Thilakawardhana Textiles, Kandy, Corporate Interior for Amazon Teas and Floated House, Private residence, Kandy again won awards at Asia Pacific Property Awards 2019.

In 2020 KWA Architects won two awards at New York based Muse Design Awards for their work Tropical Stack, A Suburban Residence (Residential Architecture, Gold Award) and Thilakawardhana Textiles, Kiribathgoda (Commercial Architecture, Silver Award).