contextbd.com aims to bring together professional and young creatives from a diverse range of backgrounds. By publishing the projects, latest news and key issues in the fields of architecture, design, technology and art, we state the mission of unearthing the best projects and curating a selection of the most interesting aspects of traditional and contemporary culture, architecture and art of our country. Our primary aim is to serve local audience but we would , however, not want to limit our vision and will continuously develop our platform.
A team of professional architects and academics ourselves, we opt to work with architects, designers, artists, built environment professionals and other concerned persons from round the country , seeking out the most innovative projects with an equal emphasis on the most renowned and influential studios, emerging young professionals, undiscovered talents and never the less students.
SAIMUM KABIR
PhD (UniMelb), M.Sc (KULeuven)
Architect and Asst. Professor
Saimum Kabir, an Architect and Assistant Professor, holds PhD from the University of Melbourne, Australia. He has research experience on settlement design and planning in Australia, Vietnam and Bangladesh context. His special interest governs around culturally rooted, socially motivated, ecologically sensitive, locally produced, context specific creative intervention that can foster positive change to society and its built environment.