Architecture as a way of life and place making

Rafiq Azam lecture
AIA CES: 1.5 LU|HSW
When:?5:30 PM – 8:00 PM MONDAY, JULY 28
Where:?At The Center
Rafiq Azam?is the principal of SHATOTTO architecture for green living, based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He will introduce us to his work and city, which is also home to works by Louis Kahn. Azam?s ?green? is not about global ratings or the current sustainability trend. It is his response to the sky, water, and vegetation that surround him and his city. There is an apparent simplicity in Azam?s work that disguises and belies a complex fabric revealing the wonders of the cosmos. ?Shatotto? in Bangla means ?doing something continuously.? Azam creates spaces and structures for one?s senses and thoughts in the context of South Asia?s past and future. His presentation will coincide with the New York introduction of his monograph by SKIRA, the first ever published about a Bangladeshi architect.
Program
Reception: 5:30 – 6:00 PM
Lecture: 6:00 – 8:00 PM
Opening Remarks
Lance Brown, FAIA, 2014 AIANY President
Introduction
Umberto Dindo, FAIA, Committee Chair, Architecture for Education
Speakers:
Rafiq Azam, Principal SHATOTTO-architecture for green living, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Rosa Maria Falvo, International commissions editor for SKIRA
Closing Remarks
Price:?Free for AIA and Asia Society members, and for students; $10 for non-members
Register Here
Sponsored by:?AIANY Committee on Architecture for Education
Supported by: Asia Society New York
 

The Poetics of Space

Rosa Maria Falvo on the architecture of Rafiq Azam

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Travelling through Bangladesh, you soon become aware of the fluidity of nature, its ultimate omnipotence and perfection, and the comparatively contorted predicaments of human aggregation. Continue reading “The Poetics of Space”

Architecture for Green Living

Fifth book in the series on Bangladeshi Fine Art

Rafiq Azam

Earlier books have been by Shahidul Alam, Kazi Ghiyasuddin, Safiuddin?Ahmed and Zainul Abedin.

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With a foreword by Kerry Hill. Texts by Kazi Khaled Ashraf, Philip Goad, Rosa Maria Falvo, and Syed Manzoorul Islam Continue reading “Architecture for Green Living”

Rafiq Azam Architecture for Green Living

by?Rosa Maria Falvo??(Editor)?,?Kerry Hill?(Foreword)?,?Kazi Khaled Ashraf?(Contributor)?,?Philip Goad?(Contributor)?,?Syed Manzoorul Islam?(Contributor)

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The first ever monograph on contemporary architectural practice in Bangladesh, dedicated to international-award-winning architect Mohammad Rafiq Azam. Continue reading “”

Architect Rafiq Azam shortlisted for LEAF Awards 2012

LEAF Awards – 2012 : Building + Architect Information

Rafiq Azam the architect for the Drik Gallery and Terrace as well as the upcoming Pathshala Building has been shortlisted for the Emirates Glass LEAF Awards.

12 Jun 2012

LEAF Awards 2012 Shortlist

Mixed – Use Building of the year
– Steven Holl Architects, with Daeyang Gallery & House, Seoul, South Korea
Daeyang Gallery and House Building
image : Iwan Baan
Daeyang Gallery and House
– Pollard Thomas Edwards Architects, with Tidemill Academy & Deptford Lounge, Deptford, UK
Residential Building of the year (Single Occupancy)
– Studiomk27, with Cobogo House Sao Paulo, Brazil
– Sou Fujimoto Architects, with House like a single Tree, Tokyo, Japan Architectureburo Govaert & Vanhoutte, with House Roces, Bruges, Belgium Sanjay Puri Architects, with Courtyard House, Rajasthan, India
– Peter Rose & Partners, with East House, Chilmark, Massachusetts, US
Residential Building of the year (Multiple Occupancy)
– Studio Daniel Libeskind, DCA Architects PTE Ltd, with Reflections at Keppel Bay, Singapore
Reflections at Keppel Bay
image ? Courtesy of Keppel Bay Pte Ltd
Reflections at Keppel Bay Singapore

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– Rafiq Azam, with SA Residence, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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