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Bengal Stream Exhibition Featured on the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians

Mon 26-Nov-2018

On the JSAH Vol. 77 No. 3, September 2018 issue.

Choreography of Space

Thu 8-Nov-2018

Pooja Sengupta spoke in the Bengal Institute October Session - "Space is Society" about the choreography of space in her performances and productions.

Photography is Easy

Thu 1-Nov-2018

Cemal Emden is an accomplished architecture photographer who spoke about the intricacies of photographing space and architecture at a seminar during Bengal Institute's session "Space is Society".

Can Space be Perceived?

Tue 30-Oct-2018

Shamsul Wares at the Academic Session "Space is Society" discussed how perceptions are created and how space is a matter of perception.

নগর নবায়নের বয়ান

Sun 28-Oct-2018

নতুন ও পুরোনর সংমিশ্রণে বসবাসযোগ‍্য আধুনিক ঢাকার পরিকল্পনা নিয়ে দৈনিক জনকন্ঠে প্রকাশিত কাজী খালিদ আশরাফের লেখা

Confined by Gender

Thu 25-Oct-2018

At a seminar for Bengal Institute's "Space is Society" academic session, Khushi Kabir outlines how gender dictates spaces quite prevalently in our society.

Tracing the Roots of Memory of Dhaka

Tue 23-Oct-2018

During a Bengal Institute Academic session "Space is Society", Salauddin Ahmed and Najmun Nahar talked about relating the past with the present to build for the city while finding inspiration from the architecture of Dhaka to connect the dots of history.

Space!

Mon 22-Oct-2018

Kazi Ashraf spoke about the definitions of Space and Place and their distinctions in a lecture of the October Session of Bengal Institute's academic program 'Space is Society'.

Marina Tabassum to Speak at Barbican Centre

Sun 7-Oct-2018

Barbican Centre to host Marina Tabassum's talk on 15th October 2018

Jalal Ahmad and Ehsan Khan win awards at ARCASIA 2018

Sat 15-Sep-2018

Two of the members of Bengal Institute's Executive Board, architects Jalal Ahmad and Ehsan Khan won separate awards at the ARCASIA 2018 in Tokyo.

Renowned Singaporean-Australian Architect Kerry Hill Dies

Wed 29-Aug-2018

Bengal Institute's Master Faculty, Singapore Based ‘Australian architect behind some of Asia’s most innovative buildings,’ Kerry Hill, dies aged 75.

JK Architect of the Year Awards and Symposium 2018

Mon 13-Aug-2018

Saif Ul Haque, AKM Tanvir Hasan, Manifa Rehnuma and Nahid Akram from Bangladesh are among the winners of JK AYA; Balkrishna Doshi presided the ceremony, Kazi Khaleed Ashraf moderated a Symposium around the event.

Kazi Ashraf in China at the "Mountain and Mind" Conference

Wed 11-Jul-2018

Prof Kazi Khaleed Ashraf recently gave talks in Nanjing and Hangzhou in China.

Marina Tabassum wins the Jameel Prize 5

Sat 30-Jun-2018

Mehdi Moutashar and Marina Tabassum announced as first ever joint winners of Jameel Prize 5 from the Victoria & Albert Museum

Wisdom of the Land - Marina Tabassum's Installations at the Venice Biennale 2018

Sun 27-May-2018

Marina Tabassum and her team, curated various elements of the vernacular life of the delta to recreate and expose their traditional wisdom through the installations.

A Full-page Feature on Bengal Stream and Bengal Institute on Prothom Alo

Thu 5-Apr-2018

The leading national daily of Bangladesh, Prothom Alo did a full-page feature on Bengal Stream exhibition and book, and Bengal Institute on 5th April, 2018