Is There Good Architecture in Dhaka?

Sat 17-Oct-2020

If we were concerned about the common good, about the greatest benefit for the most, and if we accept architecture as a collective art whose value is shared and benefitted by many, then it will be really futile to look for such things in Dhaka.

Housing is the Fabric of the City

Mon 12-Oct-2020

From the Ashraf Archives: In March 1999, The Daily Star published a writeup on housing challenges in Dhaka and the strategies behind successful housing complexes, written by Kazi Ashraf.

Porosity, Paradox and Practice - A Conversation Between Balkrishna Doshi and Kazi Khaleed Ashraf

Thu 8-Oct-2020

Balkrishna Doshi and Kazi Khaleed Ashraf partake in a converstation organised by Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad

Letter to a Young Architect—Marina Tabassum on the Architectural Review

Sun 13-Sep-2020

The Architectural Review asked Marina Tabassum to write an open letter to a young architect, it is originally published in their September 2020 issue.

Ecography—Home and House in the Time of Coronavirus

Tue 1-Sep-2020

Submit "something" that captures your new awareness of home!

Five Years of Bengal Institute

Wed 19-Aug-2020

Bengal Institute completes five years of its journey.

Bengal Institute Welcomes Salauddin Ahmed as the Director of Curatorial and Design Program

Mon 10-Aug-2020

The Regional Politics of East Pakistan and Architecture by Doxiadis

Thu 9-Jul-2020

Farhan Karim uses Constantinos Doxiadis’s work as examples to show how the birth of nationalism is connected to other parameters. He provides historical background to the architect's work, details his works, and its influence during and after he was working in the subcontinent. He also provided context to the scene in which Doxiadis was working, his companions and intentions of the controversial architect.

The Mughal Miniaturist of Jorasanko

Wed 1-Jul-2020

Farhat Afzal writes about Abanindranath Tagore based on the lectures by Sonia Amin, February 2017.

Balkrishna Doshi in a conversation with Kazi Khaleed Ashraf

Tue 23-Jun-2020

Kazi Ashraf and Balkrishna Doshi converse about the connections that bind us culturally and architecturally and where we go from here.

Cities Are Changing Faster Than You Think!

Mon 18-May-2020

Farhat Afzal writes about the evolution of cities based on the Bengal Institute lectures by Gary Hack in, April 2017

Dhaka Food Flow and Dynamics

Mon 18-May-2020

An article written by Mohammad Arfar Razi on the state of food-security in Bangladesh.

Tackling a Pandemic with Geospatial Analysis

Sun 17-May-2020

An article by Arfar Razi and Sanjoy Roy, originally published on The Daily Star.

Professor Anisuzzaman Obituary

Thu 14-May-2020

Professor Anisuzzaman (1937-2020)

Confronting COVID-19: What We Can Learn from Other Nations and What We Can Plan in Bangladesh

Mon 27-Apr-2020

A strategic analysis – learning from Taiwan, China, South Korea and Singapore

Mapping It All!

Mon 27-Apr-2020

Muntakim Haque and Afifa Razzaque write on the significance of Mapping based partially on the Bengal Institute lectures by Timmy Aziz,