The Institute of Architects Bangladesh (IAB) ( bn, বাংলাদেশ স্থপতি ইন্‌স্‌টিটিউট ''Bānglādēsh Sthāpāti Institute'' ) is a professional organization for

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was its founder president. The IAB works with different government organization & offers education, government advocacy to improve the quality of architecture profession in Bangladesh.

History

The Institute of Architects Bangladesh (IAB) was founded in Dhaka on 25 February 1972. Through a nine-month

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, Bangladesh got its independence from Pakistan on 16 December 1971. Three million of people died, ten million were homeless & thousands of houses were demolished during the war. IAB was formed within 3 months after the war ended to support the development of Bangladesh and help rebuild this war torn country.

Organization

Membership

More than 3,000 licensed architects are members of IAB. There are three levels of membership in the IAB depending on professional experience. * Associate Member, AMIAB * Member, MIAB * Fellow, FIAB (Member with minimum 20 years experience) There have another category for students as Student Member.

All Presidents of Institute of Architects Bangladesh

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(Late) * Architect S.H.M.A Bashar (Late) * Architect M.A. Muktadir * Architect

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Mahbub Haque Mahbūb (also spelled Mahboob, or Mehboob, from Arabic: , passed to other languages such as ur, محبوب is a masculine given name. Given name Mahboob * Maulana Mahboob Alam (1863–1933), founder of the daily Pakistani newspaper ''Paisa Akhbar ...

* Architect Rabiul Husain * Architect

Shamsul Wares Shamsul Wares (born 21 January 1946) is a Bangladeshi architect who worked under the American architect Louis I. Kahn and his associate, Mazharul Islam. Wares served as a faculty in the Department of Architecture, Bangladesh University of Enginee ...

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Mubasshar Hussein Mubasshar Hussein ( bn, মোবাশ্বের হোসেন; 27 December 1943 – 2 January 2023) was a Bangladeshi architect, urban planner and educator. He served as President of Institute of Architects Bangladesh. Early life and edu ...

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Abu Sayeed M Ahmed Abu Sayeed Mostaque Ahmed is an architect and architectural conservation specialist from Bangladesh. Career Ahmed passed the SSC exam from Comilla District School in 1974 and HSC exam from Comilla Victoria College in 1976. Later, he was admitte ...

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Jalal Ahmed Jalal Ahmad ( bn, জালাল আহমদ) is a practicing Bangladeshi architect. He is the Ex-President of Institute of Architects Bangladesh and the vice president of Commonwealth Association of Architects. Career Ahmad was born in 1959, ...

International affiliations

* UIA : Union of International Architects * CAA :

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* ARCASIA: Architects Regional Council for ASIA * SAARCH : South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation of Architects

References

External links

* Architecture in Bangladesh Commonwealth Association of Architects Professional associations based in Bangladesh Architecture-related professional associations {{bangladesh-org-stub

History

Organization

Membership

All Presidents of Institute of Architects Bangladesh

International affiliations

See also

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