DG5i wins regional architecture award at Asia Pacific Property awards

People's Leasing Co headquarters building in Borella.

The Design Group Five International (Pvt) Ltd (DG5i) was a double winner at the Asia Pacific Property Awards 2012 held recently in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for their innovative and creative design of the People's Leasing Co. Headquarters building in Maradana Road, Borella. The Awards, held annually, recognises superior architectural and interior designing across the Asia Pacific region.

DG5i was presented with a 5-Star award in the category of Best Office Architecture for Sri Lanka as well as the Overall Winner for Office Architecture for the entire Asia Pacific region which was vied by large multinational firms from Australia, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea and Vietnam.

Chairman of DG5i, Suranjith de Silva said, "We are proud that DG5i is the first and only Sri Lankan architectural firm to win a regional award for design excellence in this competition. It is a tribute to our quality and our team at DG5i. The award is all the more timely for us as we celebrate the 40th anniversary of our company." Over the years, DG5i has accumulated a number of landmark projects in its portfolio and has been in the forefront of architectural design and technology and has previously won the Asia Pacific Awards in 2010 and 2011 for architectural excellence.

President of the International Property Awards, Stuart Shield said, "The Asia Pacific always puts up a very strong representation across the many different categories within the awards' program. It also consistently proves to be the hardest region to beat when it comes to competing internationally for the highly coveted World's Best awards."