Bangladeshi Contemporary Architectural Design and Projects with Context and Details of Works

 Architects: Kashef Mahboob Chowdhury/URBANA Location: Gaibandha, Bangladesh Team: Anup Kumar Basak, Sharif Jahir Hossain, Motiur Rahman, Amrul Hasan Area: 2897.0 sqm Project Year: 2011   The Friendship Center near the district town of Gaibandha, Bangladesh, is for an NGO which works with some of the poorest in the country and who live mainly in riverine islands (chars) with very limited access and opportunities. Friendship uses the facility for its own training programs and will also rent out for meetings, training, conferences etc. as income generation.    The low lying land, which is located in rural Gaibandha where agriculture is predominant, is under threat of flooding if the embankment encircling the town and peripheries break.      ...

Name: Grand Sultan Tea Resort & Golf Address: Radhanagar, Sreemongal, Sreemangal - Bhanugach Rd, 3210, Bangladesh With winter holiday coming up, a lot of you may be scouring the net for vacation plans, perhaps looking across national boundaries. While spending foreign currency may be the thing for you, Bangladesh has slowly been building up her wares in terms of tourist facilities that will enable more and more tourists to explore this land, and the Grand Sultan Tea Resort and Golf in Srimangal seems a worthy addition. The region of Sylhet is possibly the richest Bangladesh has to offer in terms of natural beauty and tourist attractions. A drive from Sylhet city to the small township of Srimangal in Maulvibazar takes you through tea gardens, the manicured green splendour of which soothes the soul. There are many other attractions in the region -- such as Jaflong, Madhabkunda, Lala Khal, Lawachhara rainforest to name just a few -- besides the beautiful hills...

Marina Tabassum graduated from the Department of Architecture at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka.  She founded Marina Tabassum Architects, after her ten year partnership as founder partner of another firm called URBANA.  Marina Tabassum Architects or MTA started its journey in the quest to establish language of architecture that is contemporary to the world, yet rooted to the place.  MTA’s philosophy and work culture stands against the global pressure of industrial materials – that are easy and quick - fast breed of buildings, confused, impersonal, out of place and context.  Their pledge is to root architecture to the place, and their material palette is the climate, the location, the culture of the people and the history of the land.  The firm’s projects done and at hand are varied, ranging from master planning of industry to eco resort to workers low budget housing, commercial and residential blocks.  T...