Premier University- Chittagong Celebrates its 4th year of Architecture Education


|Obidul Haque Titu & Kazi Sumaiya Saifee,  PU |  With a month-long preparation and hard work Department of Architecture, Premier University organized the first public event celebrating its 4th year of journey at the premise of Shilpakala Academy, Chittagong. The 3 day long event was inaugurated on 27th February by Honorable Vice Chancellor of Premier […]


Shortlist Announced for DESCO Head office Design Competition


| Context | Institute of Architects-Bangladesh (IAB) in association with Dhaka Electric Supply Company Ltd (DESCO) today [March 14, 2016] announced the six finalist teams nominated for second stage of the DESCO Head Office Building Design Competition.  Earlier on December 14, 2015, DESCO , a public utility company, called the 2 stage open architectural design […]


Workshop and Book Launch by Dr. Mahbubur Rahman


| Shajjad Hossain | Society of the twenty first century, with more complex social, economic and political systems, requires graduates with transferrable attributes that make them employable. Universities all over the world are continuously updating their course curricula based on learning outcomes that produce job-ready graduates who can make more effective contribution to the profession, […]


Dept of Architecture, AIUB Celebrates its 1st Decade with D. K. Ching


| Ar. Tarek Morad | Stepping into 10th year of maneuver with success Department of Architecture, AIUB organized an event entitled “AIUB Architecture Week 2016- Celebrating 10 years of Architecture at AIUB” from 4-7 January, 2016. The occasion was to rejoice the sublime decade as an architectural school in Bangladesh but the subliminal notion was […]


Celebration of the Third cycle of ‘The Noman Award for Excellence in Design’ (NAED) 2015


| Ar. Saiqa Iqbal Meghna,  BRACU | Department of Architecture, BRAC University celebrated the third cycle of the ‘Noman Award for Excellence in Design’ (NAED) 2015 on 17th January 2016. Through this event the department celebrated the best design from the graduating batch of 2015. The Award Giving Ceremony was followed by an Exhibition of […]


First Grand Jury Celebrated at CUET


| Tahsin Nurun , CUET | Architecture discipline of Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET) celebrated the big moment of Thesis Jury of its first graduating batch. The three daylong grand festival, started from 31 December 2015 to 2 January 2016, was inaugurated by the Dean of the Department of Architecture and Urban and […]


7th Berger Award for Excellence in Architecture, 2015 – Winner Announced


Social responsiveness and environmental sustainability featured highly in the seventh edition of Berger Award for Excellence in Architecture, a program conceived to recognize the architects for their outstanding projects across the country. Announced on 7 December at International Convention Center Basundhara (ICCB), the 2015 Berger Awards were rewarded to 8 winners out of 61 submissions […]


‘Creating an Urban Oasis’ -an Exhibition of Creative Exhilaration


| Context | The public exhibition ‘Creating an Urban Oasis’ has created a resurgence of hope that ‘better Dhaka is possible’ among its despair citizen lately . Credit goes to BUET Alumni Association and its collaborative bodies IAB, IEB and BIP for such endeavor.  The exhibition presented 31 projects selected form the student competition held […]


Visiting Radisson Blu-Chittagong, a solitaire by M. K. Palash


|Tahsin Nurun | A two day long event titled ” An architectural walk through: M. K. Palash in town with Vistaara” took place on October 23-24 at port city Chittagong. Crowded with architecture aficionados of the city, the program started with the launching of the inaugural issue of DOT, a quarterly published magazine edited by […]


Archeground Wins Top Honor in Prestigious 2A Asia Architecture Award 2015


The inaugural occasion of   Asia Architecture Award 2015 will be remembered for the glorious presence of Bangladesh in the arena of architecture in Asia. Out of 613 projects submitted from all around Asia, Bangladeshi Architects take out two spots including first place in Commercial category in 2AAA , 2015. The theme for 2AAA, 2015  was […]