Architecture

Architecture

A handful of owners continue to hold on, refusing to alter what time has shaped. Photo: Mehedi Hasan

Dhaka’s residential heritage faces extinction under the shadow of high-rises

Dhaka is losing its low-rise residential heritage at an unprecedented pace. What is disappearing with it is a way of living shaped by courtyards, verandas and extended families

The 275 to 650 square feet apartments in Bashundhara mainly target university students. Photo: Maati Properties Ltd

Is compact home architecture the new trend in Dhaka?

Golpo Griho stands amid 20 bighas of ancestral land, where architecture yields to nature and memories shape every design choice. Photos: Courtesy.

Golpo Griho: A prose written in memories and concrete

Learning, Unlearning: Cubeinside’s 16-year journey of architectural discovery, laid bare

Learning, Unlearning: Cubeinside’s 16-year journey of architectural discovery, laid bare

Photos: Courtesy

From boxes to beauty: The uplifted character of Bangladesh’s real estate architecture

Photos: DhakaPR Photographer: Arnob Niloy Das

Inside YUZU: Where textures reflect a bohemian interior

Photos: Courtesy

A home rooted in memory and rural design: The story of Hawladar Bari

File Photo: TBS

The future architects: Shaping classrooms to combat climate change

Peri-urban land developments are mushrooming without any planning permission, worsening the situation in smaller cities and municipalities. Photo: TBS

Urban planning in Bangladesh: Can it shed its elitist past?

Illustration: TBS

A place of tea, art and architecture

Unlike traditional horizontal campuses that require vast land, a vertical campus allows for efficient land use while having all necessary facilities within a compact space. Photo: Imama Karim

A towering legacy: Brac University’s vertical campus

Sketch: TBS

Rethinking the ‘built environment’ in aftermath of Bangladesh’s historic floods

Sketch: TBS

Using environmental experience design to prevent crime in Bangladesh