FARU Conference is an international annual conference that has been conducted by the Faculty of Architecture Research Unit of the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka since 2009. This international conference aims to provide a platform to discourse theoretical or empirical studies through discussions, debate across disciplines and to foster networking and long-term collaboration among the conference delegates.  

The overarching theme of FARU conference is ‘Dimensions of Space’ where it discusses fundamental and applied research on ‘space’ and different dimensions of it within the discipline of Built Environment, Town and Country Planning, Building Economics, Design and Facilities Management. FARU interprets ‘space’ as ‘research space’ that support wide range original research on methodological and technical approaches including experimental, observational, monitoring and management studies and, policy analysis related to the environmental performance of the built environment ranging from cities, communities, buildings, building systems, building science, urban physics, and human interaction.

Each conference proceeding is published with an ISBN number until 2020. Since year 2021 FARU Conference Proceedings was published with an ISSN 2815-0384 and an eISSN 2806-0392.