LANKATILES continued its design-led collaboration with Colombo Fashion Week at CFW Couture + Trousseau 2026, presenting a new interpretation of how surfaces can move beyond conventional applications to become part of a wider creative experience. For its latest collaboration, LANKATILES introduced a series of specially created mosaic-clad blocks and plinths, thoughtfully integrated into the runway environment as sculptural design elements.

The installation reflects LANKATILES’ approach to looking beyond what happens on the runway and exploring the design that shapes the space around it. Bringing together fashion and surface, movement and material, and runway and room, the collaboration demonstrates how materials associated with architecture and interiors can take on new meaning within a different creative context.

The relationship with Colombo Fashion Week has continued to evolve with each edition. In 2025, LANKATILES introduced Sri Lanka’s first tiled fashion runway, bringing fashion and surface design together in an unexpected way. At CFW Summer 2026, the collaboration evolved through a mosaic installation that highlighted the artistic and spatial potential of mosaics. At Couture + Trousseau 2026, LANKATILES took the concept further through “Living Sculpture”, transforming mosaics from a surface application into three-dimensional design elements within the runway space.

Commenting on the collaboration, Harin Samat, Head of Marketing, at LANKATILES, stated: “Colombo Fashion Week provides us with an opportunity to explore design beyond traditional boundaries. Architecture, interiors, fashion, material and craftsmanship continuously influence one another. With each collaboration, we have looked at how our materials can contribute differently to that conversation. ‘Living Sculpture’ takes this thinking further by transforming the surface itself into form and making it part of the overall runway experience”.

The collaboration also reflects LANKATILES’ wider ambition to contribute to Sri Lanka’s contemporary design landscape by engaging architects, interior designers, fashion designers, students and other creative communities.

This design-led approach is reflected across the LANKATILES portfolio, from its locally manufactured mosaics to premium large format collections such as Majestica, developed for contemporary residential, commercial and architectural environments. The brand continues to explore how surfaces can move beyond functional finishes to become an integral part of the overall design language within a space.

As Sri Lanka’s only local mosaic manufacturer, LANKATILES brings specialised expertise in mosaic and surface design to this conversation. At CFW Couture + Trousseau 2026, this expertise was expressed through an installation where texture, light, movement and material became part of the visual language of the event.

From the tiled runway of 2025 to the mosaic installation at CFW Summer 2026 and now “Living Sculpture”, each collaboration has offered a new interpretation of material and design. Through initiatives such as this, LANKATILES continues to reinforce its position as a premium, design forward Sri Lankan brand while contributing to the creative thinking shaping the country’s evolving design culture.

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Altair, an address that elevates and defines contemporary living, stands as MosheSafdie’s architectural masterpiece and a powerful statement that buildings can achieve extraordinary feats. Rising above Colombo’s traditionally horizontal urban fabric of traffic and density, Altair introduced a different architectural grammar: a vision of living beautifully in Colombo through vertical innovation, space, light, and lifestyle.

Altair has recently unveiled a refined upgrade to its entrance and lobby, creating a renewed arrival experience for residents and visitors alike. Executed by Philip Weeraratne Associates (PWA), the enhancements were carefully designed to strengthen Altair’s premium residential identity while respecting the integrity and character of Safdie’s original architectural vision.

At the entrance, the previous frontage has been transformed into a bold and elegant architectural statement through the introduction of bronze-toned vertical fins, warm ambient lighting, lush greenery, and a central branded feature panel. The fins introduce rhythm, depth, and sophistication, while the integrated lighting creates a distinctive evening presence. Green walls and curated landscaping soften the built form and deliver a welcoming, resort-inspired arrival experience.

The lobby upgrade reimagines the dramatic triple-height volume as a luxurious residential lounge rather than merely a transitional space. While preserving the openness, natural light, and restrained material palette of the original design, the new concept introduces curated seating clusters, textured rugs, marble tables, indoor planting, and vertical green features. These interventions create intimate pockets within the expansive volume, bringing warmth, comfort, and vibrancy to the interior environment.

The existing vertical artwork, a key focul point, has been retained and complemented by a calm palette of soft neutrals, off-whites, blue accents, bronze finishes, natural stone textures, and lush greenery. The overall design language is one of understated luxury, achieved through proportion, texture, lighting, landscaping, and carefully curated detailing rather than excessive ornamentation.

“The overall design intent was to create a more refined identity for Altair — one that feels welcoming during the day and visually striking in the evening. The upgrades bring together architecture, landscape, interiors, lighting, and branding into a cohesive and immersive experience,” said Philip Weeraratne.

“The renewed entrance and lobby environment was one of many new investments made after last year’s purchase of Altair’s parent company by Blackstone and is part of the vision of the new management to enhance the everyday experience of residents, strengthen the arrival impression for visitors, and thereby reinforce the property’s lifestyle and hospitality-oriented character,” affirmed Thilan Wijesinghe, Strategic Partner of Altair’s owning company and Chairman of TWC Holdings.

The Community at Altair residence states that the lobby and entrance upgrades have infused Altair with renewed warmth, identity and sophistication.

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