Kazi Khaleed Ashraf announced as one of the members of the Master Jury for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture

Sun 26-Sep-2021

Director-General of Bengal Institute Kazi Khaleed Ashraf will be one of the nine members of the Master Jury for cycle 2020-2022

Kazi Khaleed Ashraf's Talk at a "Teacher-to-Teacher Workshop"

Sun 8-Aug-2021

Kazi Khaleed Ashraf spoke at a "Teacher-to-Teacher Workshop"

6 Years of Bengal Institute

Thu 5-Aug-2021

Bengal Institute completes six years of its journey.

সিলেটের নগর উন্নয়ন

Thu 24-Jun-2021

Kazi Khaleed Ashraf spoke at a program on developing Sylhet with Abu Taher Muhammed Shoeb moderated by Dr. Ziauddin Ahmed.

Dwelling in a Time of Flux: Looking at Housing Issues in India Clips

Wed 23-Jun-2021

Rahul Mehrotra gave a special talk as a part of Bengal Institute’s joint studio program with TU Delft.

From Central Beheer to Willis Faber: Reflection on a Transitional Moment

Wed 9-Jun-2021

Kenneth Frampton speaks on a special talk as part of the Bengal Institute-TU Delft joint studio.

Marina Tabassum Awarded the Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize by The American Academy of Arts and Letters

Fri 16-Apr-2021

Cultures of Climate Change - A Workshop Organised by the Team of Monsoon Assemblages (MONASS)

Sun 4-Apr-2021

How can hydro-geographic concepts such as basin, watershed and fluvio-geomorphic region be the basis for the design, planning and management of megacities in monsoonal climates?

Commemorating 120th Birth Anniversary of Louis Kahn

Tue 2-Mar-2021

Bengal Institute Confronts the Coronavirus

Tue 2-Feb-2021

The team of researchers at the Institute took up the task to work on various projects that would address the ongoing challenges of the pandemic. An article on these projects has been published in the online version of Architecture Asia, the official journal of the Architects Regional Council Asia.

A View from Geneva: Bengal Stream—the Vibrant Architecture Scene of Bangladesh

Wed 27-Jan-2021

The former Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh in Geneva—Shameem Ahsan, writes on his experience and thoughts on "Bengal Stream—the Vibrant Architecture Scene of Bangladesh"—the exhibition.

Government vis-a-vis Architecture

Wed 13-Jan-2021

Muzharul Islam, Kazi Khaleed Ashraf and Saif Ul Haque presented a second paper at the 1985 Aga Khan Seminar in Dhaka "Regionalism in Architecture." This text is another example of Muzharul Islam's clear thinking and writing on the role of the government, educational institutions and the professional body in the production of better architecture. Taken from the Proceedings of 1985 seminar.

Introducing Bangladesh—A Case for Regionalism

Sat 26-Dec-2020

On the occasion of the 97th birth anniversary of Muzharul Islam, we republish here a text of a lecture presented by Muzharul Islam, along with Kazi Khaleed Ashraf and Saif Ul Haque, in 1985.

Marina Tabassum Receives Honorary Doctorate

Wed 9-Dec-2020

Technical University of Munich's Department of Architecture conferred Marina Tabassum with an honorary doctorate.

Will New Orleans vanish like Atlantis?

Wed 28-Oct-2020

This article is part of a collection of articles from 'The Ashraf Archives' and was originally published in The Daily Star in 2005.

Sadarghat: Designing the Beginning

Thu 22-Oct-2020

Kazi Khaleed Ashraf looks at how a historic riverbank can be given a much-needed face-lift