Tag Dhaka, Bangladesh

09-09-2022

Rafiq Azam: redevelopment of Rasulbagh Children’s Park, Dhaka

In the heart of Dhaka, where there was once merely a gap in the urban fabric, there is now the Rasulbagh Children’s Park, a redevelopment project by Rafiq Azam and his firm Shatotto. Greenery used as a boundary, together with a hidden water recovery and filtration system, have transformed this park into a fully-fledged community centre.

31-08-2022

Marina Tabassum wins Lifetime Achievement Award Millennium bcp Lisbon Architecture Triennale

Under the title Earth, the Lisbon Architecture Triennial 2022, in its sixth edition, features a vast geographical diversity from both hemispheres. In the run-up to the opening on 29 September, the international jury was asked to select the winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award, choosing architect, researcher and educator Marina Tabassum from Dhaka.

20-07-2022

Rafiq Azam wins the CAA Robert Mathew Award 2022

Major new awards were recently given to Shatotto Architecture for Green Living and its founder, architect Rafiq Azam. The Rasulbagh children's park project in Dhaka, Bangladesh, received a special mention at the AR Public awards and was selected as a finalist for the World Architecture Festival 2022 in the Landscape-Urban category. Additionally, architect Rafiq Azam will receive the CAA Robert Mathew Life Time Achievement Award 2022.

03-12-2021

Rafiq Azam: Mayor Mohammad Hanif Jame Mosque, Dhaka

His first mosque project, Mayor Mohammad Hanif Jame Mosque in Dhaka, offers Rafiq Azam an opportunity to create a place of worship that is also a centre for civic society. The contemporary idiom of Rafiq Azam’s work is grafted onto the building tradition of Bengal.

05-03-2018

An exhibition and a book about the architecture of Bangladesh

The Swiss Architecture Museum S AM in Basel hosts the world premiere of the exhibition “Bengal Stream. The Vibrant Architecture Scene of Bangladesh” focusing entirely on Bangladeshi architecture.

06-10-2017

Rafiq Azam wins the Cityscape Awards for Emerging Markets 2017

In the pages of Floornature we rediscover some of the designs by Rafiq Azam and his Shatotto studio to celebrate his recent success in the Cityscape Awards for Emerging Markets 2017, for the South Huda's Skyline residential project in Gulshan.