Cities and Settlement arc in a continuous process of change, readjustment and evolution. Rajshahi old town is no exception, which epitomizes a long history of urbanization. Local culture and the way of life had always ...

The Architecture of the Khan.•.•.•ahan Style: Context and Influence Md. Ali Naqi For centuries the very fertile soil of 8engal has developed a number of independent styles in its deferent regions. Among them the ...

According to recent investigations, indoor acoustical performance of green rated office buildings has been found to be unsatisfactory. This contradicts with green building rating criteria, where a good Indoor Environmental ...

Thermal comfort is an important factor for creating a comfortable indoor environment and ensuring good health for the occupants of a tropical country like Bangladesh, where most of the in-patient hospital wards are highly ...

The physical development of phlll~residcntialnft:3S of Dhaka City follow II grid iron jmttem of rood network wilh rectangular plots. Rojdhtml UnnO)'tm Kartlpokha (RAJUK), the local city development lluthority. controls ...

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Kahn's works in this region is often underestimated and not properly apprised. A very important aspect of his works is its contextuality - even though its architectural manifestation is extremely modern, idealist, and ...

The allowable upper limit of the background noise level for acoustic design of space depends on speech intelligibility requirement of that particular space. A classroom and a market will not allow the same amount of ...

Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh has seen unprecedented urban growth for the last couple of decades. Thereafter, landcover changed by increasing built-up areas have caused huge destruction on the natural landscape particularly ...

Efficiency in university libraries is considered more important than at any ordinary library.As an important place for students to read and study, the quality of lighting in the reading space of university library has a ...