Sired by George E. De Silva and Agnes Nell on 1 February 1918, Minette De Silva has claims to be one of Sri Lanka’s greatest achievers on the world stage. As the pictures of her with Picasso and others at a conference, the Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne, in 1947 reveal, young Minette outshone all the others in presentability and age. She then proceeded to imprint her innovative mark within her beloved island — as some of the photographs and the recent recognition of her extraordinary talent by competent personnel attests. …. Michael Roberts
Minette and her father George E De Silva at a gathering of notables at the Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne, in the year 1947. she was thereafter elected as an associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in 1948 -becoming the first Asian woman to receive such an accolade.
