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Cyclone Shelter / Lindsay Bremner and Jeremy Voorhees

Jan 2012

By Alison Furuto — Filed under: Infrastructure ,mini , Bangladesh, Jeremy Voorhees, Lindsay Bremner, Ranggabali

Courtesy of Lindsay Bremner and Jeremy Voorhees

The proposal for the international competition for a cyclone shelter in Bangladesh by Lindsay Bremner and Jeremy Voorhees is conceptualized as a boat-building, referencing two local typologies – the boat and the landing ghat. Located in Ranggabali, a small village in the Patuakhali Province, the building is half submerged in water in times of cyclone flooding while beached against a concrete ghat in dry seasons. Sheltering its occupants in the liminal zone between land and water, it makes place by transitioning from depth and section to surface and plan. More images and architects’ descriptions after the break. read more »

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“Shobuj Pata” (Green Leaf) Eco Community Development / JET, JCI, and Terraplan

Jan 2012

By Alison Furuto — Filed under: Mixed Use ,Sustainability , Bangladesh, JCI, JET, Terraplan

penthouse view

JET Architecture was invited by JCI Architects along with Terraplan Landscape Architects, to joint venture in the design of the Green Leaf project. After winning the commission earlier in 2011, in December, the final negotiations were completed to enable the project to move forward quickly. The team will be working together, helping Bangladesh to design a sustainable community with an innovative green concept. Green Leaf is green landscape architecture and built form which takes full advantages of the local natural resources to create a hybrid habitable space combining architecture and nature. The concept is inspired by adopting current and green innovative technology to make the design construction economic and feasible. More images and architects’ description after the break. read more »

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Genesis Technology Group / Project-BD Architects

Jan 2011

Uploaded by Andrew Rosenberg — Filed under: Interiors ,Offices ,Selected , Bangladesh, Concrete, Dhaka, Project-BD Architects

Architects: Project-BD Architects
Location: Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
Project area: 3,800 sq. ft.
Project year: 2010
Photographs: Azrin Alom, Bashirul Mughni

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Nishorgo Oirabot Nature Interpretation Centre / Vitti Sthapati Brindo Ltd, Ehsan Khan

Oct 2010

Uploaded by Nico Saieh — Filed under: Cultural ,Public Facilities ,Selected , Bangladesh, Ehsan Khan, Vitti Sthapati Brindo Ltd

Architect: Vitti Sthapati Brindo Ltd, Ehsan Khan
Location: Teknaf, Bangladesh
Client: Md. Ishtiaque Ahmed, Ministry of Environment & Forests Bon Bhaban
Area: 288 sqm
Project Year: 2008
Photographs: Aga Khan Award for Architecture / BKS Inan

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AD Classics: National Assembly Building of Bangladesh / Louis Kahn

Oct 2010

By Andrew Kroll — Filed under: AD Architecture Classics ,Cultural ,Institutional Architecture ,Monuments and Memorials ,Politics , Bangladesh, Concrete, Dhaka, Louis Kahn, Modernism

Modernist architecture is traditionally understood to be utilitarian, sleek, and most of all without context, such that it can be placed in any context and still stay true to aesthetic principles and its functional requirements. However, Louis Kahn’s National Assembly Building of Bangladesh in Dhaka is an extraordinary example of modern architecture being transcribed as a part of Bangali vernacular architecture. The National Assembly building, completed in 1982, stands as one of Kahn’s most prominent works, but also as a symbolic monument to the government of Bangladesh. read more »

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Chandgaon Mosque / Kashef Mahboob Chowdhury

Oct 2010

Uploaded by Nico Saieh — Filed under: Religious Architecture ,Selected , Bangladesh, Kashef Mahboob Chowdhury, Masonry

Architect: Kashef Mahboob Chowdhury
Location: Chittagong, Bangladesh
Client: Faisal M. Khan
Project Area: 1,048 sqm
Project Year: 2007
Photographs: Aga Khan Award for Architecture / BKS Inan

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Handmade School / Anna Heringer & Eike Roswag

Mar 2010

Uploaded by Nico Saieh — Filed under: Educational ,Selected , Anna Heringer, Bangladesh, Eike Roswag, Rammed Earth, Wood

Architects: Anna Heringer & Eike Roswag
Location: Rudrapur, Dinajpur district, Bangladesh
Structural Engineering: Ziegert  Roswag  Seiler  Architekten  Ingenieure  Bürogemeinschaft
Construction: Dipshikha / METI  (Modern  Education  and  Trainig  Institute)  with  local  labourers  and  own  training  workshop
Footprint Area: 275 sqm
Floor Area: 325 sqm
Project Year: 2007
Photographs: Kurt Hoerbst