আসিফ সালমান | ASIF SALMAN
Asif Salman is an architectural photographer, artist, and entrepreneur from Bangladesh. Trained as an architect, he is driven by one constant: the joy of building—turning imagination into something real. Through photography, film, and ventures, he explores the meeting point of art, design, and human life.
Over the past decade, he has documented 500+ architectural projects, including works such as Friendship Hospital, Satkhira (RIBA International Prize 2021), Green Field Factory and Shah Muhammad Mohsin Mausoleum (RIBA-awarded, 2024). His photography has contributed to the Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2022 and has been published internationally, including in ArchDaily, Architectural Digest, Domus, Dezeen, and TIME. He has spoken at TEDx and his work has been collected by MoMA.
His practice focuses on the human side of architecture—how spaces hold culture, memory, and everyday resilience. Alongside his studio work, he teaches and mentors emerging designers and photographers, encouraging craft, clarity, and storytelling.
Asif’s ventures follow the same philosophy of building: from DOT (Bangladesh’s first art & architecture magazine) to salARCHman studio, Buno.studio, eDecor, and Nirnoy.ai. He is currently preparing his first solo art book and exhibition, expanding his work into mixed media and new forms of visual narrative.
About
EXHIBITIONS:
TALKS & EVENTS:
Royal Academy of Art Summer Exhibition
with Marina Tabassum Architects
' স্থিতি ' - a design exhibition by Brihatta Art Foundation.
curated by
Bishwajit Goswami
Diane Rhyu Taylor
Ulrike Fellner
Inheriting Wetness -
Sharjah Architecture Triennial-2019
Inaugural Edition: November 9,2019 - February 8,2020
"Rights of Future Generations"- Curated by Adrian Lahoud with Marina Tabassum Architects: Inheriting Wetness
BOOK/ MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:
2024
Rising Oceans & Spaces That Care
Complexities and ideas behind the Friendship Hospital by Kashef Chowdhury / URBANA in Bangladesh
Architecture as Freedom
Architect Adnan Morshed, supported by BRAC
CONCRETE JUNGLE
TROPICAL ARCHITECTURE AND ITS SURPRISING ORIGINS
Concrete Jungle presents some of the most exciting tropical houses and tells the surprising story of lush modernist architecture.
Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2022 – Inclusive Architecture
Publisher: Architangle
Edited by Sarah M. Whiting
DOT Art & Architecture Bangladesh
Asif Salman has worked as the assistant editor of DOT magazine from its beginning to 9th issue.
All the DOT archive:
CONTACT:
Journey
The freedom to create is what fascinates me. I chase the moment when something imagined becomes tangible—through art, architecture, photography, and cinema. And when an idea needs a system, I build the venture too.
2026
Renderman.ai is an AI rendering platform for architects—fast iterations, controlled style, and production-ready outputs. Built from Bangladesh, aiming global.
2024
We're co-building Nirnoy.ai, a memory-based AI health companion designed to listen, remember, guide, and connect users to the right care. It’s early-stage, but the ambition is clear: a practical Health OS—the direction healthcare is moving toward.
2021
Co-founded eDecor to understand the real world behind interiors: products, homes, logistics, and supply chains. Currently operating mainly in Dhaka, it’s evolving toward edecor.ai—a smarter system for interior decisions, discovery, and buying.
2019
I founded salARCHman studio as a global architectural photography + film brand. I’ve documented 500+ projects and collaborated with celebrated architects across Bangladesh and beyond. Today, it’s widely recognized as the leading architectural photography studio in Bangladesh, with work that travels internationally.
2018
Animation is where my imagination has no limits. I started Animan/Buno as an independent studio in Dhaka—not client-driven, not commercial—focused on passion projects that experiment, break boundaries, and tell stories through motion. That journey became Buno.studio: motion, VFX, and cinematic narrative.
' Click on the link to see some of our work. '
2016
choshmawala.com
Eyewear has always been my obsession. During university, I turned that passion into a niche e-commerce brand in Dhaka—built for people who wanted exclusive frames, not cheap copies. Eventually, I sold it to a local eyewear store that was also one of my key suppliers.
2015
2015 — DOT Art & Architecture Magazine (Bangladesh)
In architecture school, my friend and I co-founded a student-led magazine to document Bangladesh’s design culture. With the support and editorial guidance of architect Mustapha Khalid Palash, DOT grew into a serious publication—becoming the country’s first art & architecture magazine and continuing for over a decade, shaping my critical eye early on.
Education:
2016
Bachelor in Architecture
Architecture trained my eye for space, light, proportion, and context—the foundation of my photography, films, and the systems I build.