Kazi Khaleed Ashraf

Kazi Khaleed Ashraf is an architect and urbanist, and director-general of Bengal Institute for Architecture, Landscapes and Settlements.

The biggest wetland in Dhaka nobody knows about

Before the construction of the beribadh in the early 1990s, the nameless water body was part of the overflow zone of the Turag River.

1w ago

Dhaka, an inequal city

It is no wonder that a vast population of Dhaka are generally disgruntled with where they are.

1m ago

Death of an architecture

Mir Mosharraf Hossain Hall should be retained and restored.

6m ago

The future of the city, the city of the future

The city is perhaps the greatest innovation carried out by humans. Although nature has been used as an analogy in conceiving the fabric of the city, there is no such thing as the “city” in nature.

7m ago

Muzharul Islam: A ‘vastukalabid’ for modern Bengal

Described as the doyen of Bangladesh’s architecture, Muzharul Islam introduced modernism in the country as well as the highest ideals of the craft.

9m ago

A Dhaka we’ll want to arrive at

The city, the one that we want to arrive at, remains illusory

11m ago

The city is a beautiful thing when it’s for everyone

A city is a web of facilities and opportunities in which different agencies and communities lay stakes, push boundaries, and make bullish claims of making things better.

1y ago

Crossing the Padma

Here was a river that was larger than life, larger than anything I had encountered before. Flowing gloriously and indifferently, the river presented a mythic scale against which I felt terribly puny.

1y ago
September 22, 2024
September 22, 2024

The biggest wetland in Dhaka nobody knows about

Before the construction of the beribadh in the early 1990s, the nameless water body was part of the overflow zone of the Turag River.

September 2, 2024
September 2, 2024

Dhaka, an inequal city

It is no wonder that a vast population of Dhaka are generally disgruntled with where they are.

March 30, 2024
March 30, 2024

Death of an architecture

Mir Mosharraf Hossain Hall should be retained and restored.

February 20, 2024
February 20, 2024

The future of the city, the city of the future

The city is perhaps the greatest innovation carried out by humans. Although nature has been used as an analogy in conceiving the fabric of the city, there is no such thing as the “city” in nature.

December 25, 2023
December 25, 2023

Muzharul Islam: A ‘vastukalabid’ for modern Bengal

Described as the doyen of Bangladesh’s architecture, Muzharul Islam introduced modernism in the country as well as the highest ideals of the craft.

October 31, 2023
October 31, 2023

A Dhaka we’ll want to arrive at

The city, the one that we want to arrive at, remains illusory

June 23, 2023
June 23, 2023

The city is a beautiful thing when it’s for everyone

A city is a web of facilities and opportunities in which different agencies and communities lay stakes, push boundaries, and make bullish claims of making things better.

December 24, 2022
December 24, 2022

Crossing the Padma

Here was a river that was larger than life, larger than anything I had encountered before. Flowing gloriously and indifferently, the river presented a mythic scale against which I felt terribly puny.

November 24, 2022
November 24, 2022

The Detailed Area Plan for Dhaka is almost alright

One striking aspect of the DAP document is the geographical scope of Rajuk, in how it signals an expanded Dhaka.

October 6, 2022
October 6, 2022

Who is afraid of DAP?

The Detailed Area Plan (DAP) for 2022-2035, produced by Rajuk, is a radical and innovative document in the planning history of Dhaka.