Forging a Bengali identity through modernist architecture | The Daily Star
After completing his Bachelor of Architecture degree at the University of Oregon, Eugene, in June 1952, the 29-year-old Muzharul Islam...
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Architectural Books and Collaborations:
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.
The clash of rational architecture with the organic lushness of tropical vegetation has created some of the most visionary and futuristic buildings we know.
Based on the concepts of Modernist style and Bauhaus aesthetics, tropical countries like Brazil or Mexico have developed their highly unique visions of an international style and an architecture which is both timeless and desirable, which continues to be highly influential around the globe. In Concrete Jungle we embark on a journey through the works of architects influenced by the tropical modernist style, from Luis Barragán to Paulo Mendes da Rocha, to Marcio Kogan.
In light of its release, we spoke with Romullo Baratto, managing editor of ArchDaily Brazil, and contributor to Concrete Jungle about his background, relationship with the book, and what readers can expect to see from the title.
Concrete Jungle presents some of the most exciting tropical houses and tells the surprising story of lush modernist architecture.
The clash of rational architecture with the organic lushness of tropical vegetation has created some of the most visionary and futuristic buildings we know.
Based on the concepts of Modernist style and Bauhaus aesthetics, tropical countries like Brazil or Mexico have developed their highly unique visions of an international style and an architecture which is both timeless and desirable, which continues to be highly influential around the globe. In Concrete Jungle we embark on a journey through the works of architects influenced by the tropical modernist style, from Luis Barragán to Paulo Mendes da Rocha, to Marcio Kogan.
In light of its release, we spoke with Romullo Baratto, managing editor of ArchDaily Brazil, and contributor to Concrete Jungle about his background, relationship with the book, and what readers can expect to see from the title.
MARINA TABASSUM Architecture: My Journey
MARINA TABASSUM ARCHITECTURE: MY JOURNEY is the first book devoted to the Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabassum and her multifaceted architectural oeuvre.
Marina Tabassum’s exploratory approach makes her architectural practice one of the outstanding contemporary positions internationally. Her diverse oeuvre spans from governmental projects to housing and has brought her numerous honors and accolades in the international field of architecture.
This volume presents various public and private building projects that Marina Tabassum has worked on since 1995, first with the architectural office URBANA and since 2005 through Marina Tabassum Architects (MTA). The selection of her architecture in this book ranges from early projects in the city of Dhaka shortly after completing her studies at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), such as the Museum of Independence and the celebrated Bait Ur Rouf Mosque, to recent mobile modular structures called Khudi Bari. Tabassum is establishing the latter for the people affected by displacement in various geographically and climatically challenged locations—both in the Ganges Delta and in the Rohingya refugee camp at Cox’s Bazar on the border to Myanmar, which is currently the largest refugee camp in the world.
The internationally renowned authors reflect on various perspectives and interpretations of Tabassum’s work. Besides the historical and political background, the contributions deal, among other things, with spotlighting particular architectural elements that pervade Tabassum’s work, such as place and memory, light and spirituality, brick and materiality, and people and community.
With contributions by Sean Anderson, Vera Simone Bader, Kareem Ibrahim, Hanif Kara, Andres Lepik, Nondita Correa Mehrotra, Tanzil Shafique, Cristina Steingräber, Marina Tabassum, Sarah M. Whiting, and Danny Wicaksono.
Marina Tabassum’s exploratory approach makes her architectural practice one of the outstanding contemporary positions internationally. Her diverse oeuvre spans from governmental projects to housing and has brought her numerous honors and accolades in the international field of architecture.
This volume presents various public and private building projects that Marina Tabassum has worked on since 1995, first with the architectural office URBANA and since 2005 through Marina Tabassum Architects (MTA). The selection of her architecture in this book ranges from early projects in the city of Dhaka shortly after completing her studies at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), such as the Museum of Independence and the celebrated Bait Ur Rouf Mosque, to recent mobile modular structures called Khudi Bari. Tabassum is establishing the latter for the people affected by displacement in various geographically and climatically challenged locations—both in the Ganges Delta and in the Rohingya refugee camp at Cox’s Bazar on the border to Myanmar, which is currently the largest refugee camp in the world.
The internationally renowned authors reflect on various perspectives and interpretations of Tabassum’s work. Besides the historical and political background, the contributions deal, among other things, with spotlighting particular architectural elements that pervade Tabassum’s work, such as place and memory, light and spirituality, brick and materiality, and people and community.
With contributions by Sean Anderson, Vera Simone Bader, Kareem Ibrahim, Hanif Kara, Andres Lepik, Nondita Correa Mehrotra, Tanzil Shafique, Cristina Steingräber, Marina Tabassum, Sarah M. Whiting, and Danny Wicaksono.
Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2022 – Inclusive Architecture
The release of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture every three years is an enormously important moment for the architecture world. The projects recognized by this Award represent the vanguard of thinking and practice in architecture that goes beyond the regular scope of building, planning and preservation through its strong impact on the needs and aspirations of societies. This publication presents the twenty shortlisted projects, including the six recipients of the 2020–22 cycle of the Award.
The Aga Khan Award for Architecture’s mandate is different from that of many other architecture prizes: it not only rewards architects but also identifies municipalities, builders, clients, artisans and engineers who have played essential roles in the realization of a project. This publication thus presents the projects from various viewpoints alongside detailed and up-to-date images and descriptions.
The acclaimed, interdisciplinary master jury and steering committee of this cycle of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture that determines the projects presented include David Chipperfield, Francis Kéré, Anna Lacaton, Marina Tabassum, and Sarah M. Whiting, to name but a few. Scholarly essays across various disciplines from members of the master jury and steering committee round out the publication. Contributions include a text on the optimism of humanity by Souleymane Bachir Diagne, director of the Institute of African Studies, Columbia University, and a contextualization of Modern Architecture in the Muslim World by Sibel Bozdoğan of Boston University. Kazi Khaleed Ashraf, director-general of the Bengal Institute for Architecture, Landscapes and Settlements, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, writes on the perspective of the dialogical, while Nasser Rabbat, the Aga Khan Professor at MIT, shares notes on architecture as a humanist empire. The texts also include a Salon des Refusés by Nader Teherani, founding principal of Boston-based architecture firm NADAAA.
The texts, which come from a wide range of geographies, are informative and descriptive, often striking an emotional note. Together with the project presentations, the publication thereby guides the reader through a contemplation of an architectural question of increasing urgency in our current times of crisis: how to build ethically for our shared global future.
With contributions by Kazi Khaleed Ashraf, Sibel Bozdoğan, Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Farrokh Derakhshani, Nasser Rabbat, Nader Teherani, and Sarah M. Whiting.
The Aga Khan Award for Architecture’s mandate is different from that of many other architecture prizes: it not only rewards architects but also identifies municipalities, builders, clients, artisans and engineers who have played essential roles in the realization of a project. This publication thus presents the projects from various viewpoints alongside detailed and up-to-date images and descriptions.
The acclaimed, interdisciplinary master jury and steering committee of this cycle of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture that determines the projects presented include David Chipperfield, Francis Kéré, Anna Lacaton, Marina Tabassum, and Sarah M. Whiting, to name but a few. Scholarly essays across various disciplines from members of the master jury and steering committee round out the publication. Contributions include a text on the optimism of humanity by Souleymane Bachir Diagne, director of the Institute of African Studies, Columbia University, and a contextualization of Modern Architecture in the Muslim World by Sibel Bozdoğan of Boston University. Kazi Khaleed Ashraf, director-general of the Bengal Institute for Architecture, Landscapes and Settlements, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, writes on the perspective of the dialogical, while Nasser Rabbat, the Aga Khan Professor at MIT, shares notes on architecture as a humanist empire. The texts also include a Salon des Refusés by Nader Teherani, founding principal of Boston-based architecture firm NADAAA.
The texts, which come from a wide range of geographies, are informative and descriptive, often striking an emotional note. Together with the project presentations, the publication thereby guides the reader through a contemplation of an architectural question of increasing urgency in our current times of crisis: how to build ethically for our shared global future.
With contributions by Kazi Khaleed Ashraf, Sibel Bozdoğan, Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Farrokh Derakhshani, Nasser Rabbat, Nader Teherani, and Sarah M. Whiting.
- Jul 30
- 1 min
Spotlight on Women Architects – Marina Tabassum | Stylepark
Photo: Asif Salman In our series “Spotlight on Women Architects” we present the work of female architects at regular intervals – such as...
- Jul 2
- 1 min
Aga Khan Academy Dhaka wraps around "friendly outdoor learning areas" | Dezeen
Photo: Asif Salman Decorative brick-clad buildings fold around courtyards at the Aga Khan Academy Dhaka, a boarding school in Bangladesh...
- Apr 20
- 1 min
Sthapotik design ancestral mausoleum for the ‘Pir’ of Uwaisi Tariqa in Bangladesh | avontuura
The Project is owned by a renowned Scientist of Bangladesh and he is the eldest son of ‘Pir’ Shah Muhammad Mohsin Khan, who was the...
- Apr 5
- 1 min
Shohel Residence / ARCHFIELD Bangladesh | Archdaily
The project brief emphasized mental and physical well-being rather than spatial requirements. The client invested his resources in his...
- Apr 4
- 1 min
Sthapotik tops Bangladesh mausoleum with "chandelier" of skylights | Deezen
A series of cylindrical skylights and brick turrets feature in this Bangladesh mausoleum, which architecture studio Sthapotik designed as...
- Apr 2
- 1 min
Marina Tabassum takes Bangladesh to Munich | Prothom alo
Munshiganj, Dohar and Bikrampur are well known for their modular prefabricated houses. People there still make such homes and live in...
- Mar 30
- 1 min
Meet the award-winning architect building flat-pack homes for flood victims | CNN
Marina Tabassum on CNN
- Mar 24
- 1 min
Sthapotik shapes bangladeshi mausoleum with textural brickwork and deep skylights | Designboom
Among a residential and tree-covered neighborhood in Manikganj, Bangladesh-based studio Sthapotik completes a mausoleum expressed with...
- Mar 23
- 1 min
Shah Muhammad Mohshin Khan Mausoleum | ArchDaily
Sufism is one most amazing, thought-provoking aspects of Islam. Sufism is derived from a more philosophical and social standpoint...
- Mar 8
- 1 min
Marina Tabassum Architecture: My Journey
MARINA TABASSUM ARCHITECTURE: MY JOURNEY is the first book devoted to the Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabassum and her multifaceted...
- Nov 4, 2022
- 1 min
What Role Should Architectural Prototypes Play in the Global South? | Archdaily
It’s an essential component of the design process, where spatial ideations are translated into built form – the design of the prototype....
- Oct 25, 2022
- 1 min
RIZVI HASSAN, KHWAJA FATMI, SAAD BEN MOSTAFACOMMUNITY SPACES IN ROHINGYA REFUGEE RESPONSE | divisare
Rather than separate projects, the six sustainably built structures in the world’s largest refugee camps, housing Rohingya fleeing...
- Oct 13, 2022
- 1 min
Embassy of the Republic of Turkey in Dhaka / Uygur Architects | ArchDaily
The structure of the Embassy of the Republic of Turkey in Dhaka is located on the main road of a district reserved as the Diplomatic...
- Sep 29, 2022
- 1 min
Urban River Spaces | AGA Khan Award for Architecture 2022
Award Cycle: 2020-2022 Cycle Status: Award Recipient Country of origin: Bangladesh Location: Jhenaidah, Bangladesh Client: Residents &...
- Sep 29, 2022
- 1 min
Community Spaces in Rohingya Refugee Response | AGA Khan Award for Architecture 2022
Award Cycle: 2020-2022 Cycle Status: Award Recipient Country of origin: Bangladesh Location: Teknaf, Bangladesh Client: BRAC HCMP,...
- Sep 22, 2022
- 1 min
Winners of the 2022 Aga Khan Award for Architecture announced | Gulf news
Winning projects show promise for communities, innovation and care for the environment news link: Winners of the 2022 Aga Khan Award for...
- Sep 22, 2022
- 1 min
Winners Announced For Aga Khan Award For Architecture 2022 | World architecture org
Six winning projects have been announced for the 2022 Aga Khan Award for Architecture, including the transformation of a derelict...
- Jul 29, 2022
- 1 min
Kiran Rest House | ArchDaily
The structure of the Embassy of the Republic of Turkey in Dhaka is located on the main road of a district reserved as the Diplomatic...
- Jun 27, 2022
- 1 min
Kashef Chowdhury/URBANA: Critical Response | archleague.org
The Bangladesh-based architect confronts the twin crises of climate change and migration. Current Work is a lecture series featuring...
- Jun 25, 2022
- 1 min
100 Most Inspiring Architecture Photographers | Loop magazine
The most comprehensive list of the 100 Most Inspiring Architecture Photographers is back with VOLUME 2 In 2021 we published the ‘100 Most...
- Jun 7, 2022
- 1 min
AGA Khan 2022 shortlist | Dezeen
The adaptation of an Oscar Niemeyer-designed house in Lebanon and a circular school in Iran are on the 20-strong shortlist for the Aga...
- Jun 7, 2022
- 1 min
ULAB New Campus / Kashef Chowdhury - URBANA
Beyond Hermetics - Therecently completed new campus building for the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) in Dhaka is designed by...
- Apr 4, 2022
- 1 min
"Our work is important, not us" says RIBA International Prize winner Kashef Chowdhury | Dezeen
Awards should not "glorify the architect" but they can draw attention to worthy projects, according to Bangladeshi architect Kashef...
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