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Interior Design, Urban Design & 3d Visualization

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Achieving sustainability with a proper approach for the users as well as having its own identity to society and its culture with a proper expression. Architecture is nothing but everything through its power of thinking and dedication.  

Salma Begum is a Bangladeshi Architect. Having been a distinguished student herself throughout her academic career – from being the recipient of Vice Chancellor’s Gold Medal in Bachelor of Architecture to double masters from BUET, Bangladesh and KU Leuven, Belgium with distinction, she is now engaged in nurturing next generation architects in the Department of Architecture at Ahasanullah University as an Assistant Professor. She is also a practicing architect – involved in various notable projects both domestically and internationally. She frequently contributes in international architectural publications benefiting the community. Outside architecture world, she is an avid traveler and a photographer.

She is interested in designing public spaces and places. Her research interest is to see how the use of space changes its scenerio with time and politics. For a city , landscape plays an important role. Therefore, how urbanism and landscape can integrate togather to contribute a city is another topic of interest of hers. She is currently engazed as an indpendent researcher where the research tries to forsee the future of public green space: Envisioning a sustainable urban landscape as incubator of citizenship, social cohesion and alternative urban economics – the Case of Dhaka.

Ar. Sayed Ahmed is a Bangladeshi practicing architect and academician. He studied architecture from SUST; Sylhet. He was lecturer in the department of architecture, Bangladesh University, Dhaka. He successfully got his master’s degree at Monumental heritage with DAAD scholarship from Anhalt university of Applied Sciences, Bauhuas of Dessau, Germany. He specializes design, art appreciation, cultural studies, art philosophy, architectural history, urban collective memory, material and climatic issues regarding vernacular architecture and so on. He has already published articles from several journals around the globe which include countries like UK, USA, Austria, Australia, Nigeria, India, China and Indonesia. He is also in editorial board of ATINAR journal, Greece and CHITROLEKHA journal, India. His recent study published from the largest platform of Asian architects, ARCASIA’s 19th forum.

Sustainable and humanitarian housing for all. 

He is the founder of "Deconstruction Architects", an architectural firm based on Bangladesh. He is also the founder of Arch-Bangla (Countries first architectural web portal). He studied Landscape and Gardening from New Skills Academy, USA.
He designed several Large scale housing projects in Bangladesh. His specialization is on high-rise condominium complexes and Landscape. Interior Design also covers his specialization. Two renowned Childern Theme parks also designed by him. 
Several articles related to architectural practices and heritage of Bangladesh of him published in journals & newspaper of Bangladesh.
He believes "ARCHITECTURE IS THE THOUGHTFUL MAKING OF SPACE"

Founder,
Brittanto Architects