1943	Born, Colombo, Sri Lanka
1960	University of Ceylon
1961	Left for Ibadan, Nigeria. Enrolled at University of Ibadan for mathematics and chemistry.
1962-65	University of Southampton (civil engineering)
1966-68	Working in Nigeria
1968	Joined Ove Arup and Partners, London.
1971	Imperial College, London (post-graduate work)
2002	Deputy Chairman, Arup. Chairman Building Sector. Founded Advanced Geometry Unit (AGU.)
2004	Arup Fellow.

Balmond's book Informal has won seven prizes including Best in Architecture as nominated by the RIBA Banister Fletcher Prize. He was also the first recipient of the Charles Jencks Prize for Theory in Practice.