Jalal Ahmad ( bn, জালাল আহমদ) is a practicing Bangladeshi architect. He is the Ex-President of

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

and the vice president of

Commonwealth Association of Architects Commonwealth Association of Architects (CAA), formed in 1965, is an organisation for national and regional institutes representing architects in Commonwealth countries. As such, under the Commonwealth family, the association validates courses in a ...

Career

Ahmad was born in 1959, Sylhet. He completed his bachelor of architecture from

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, commonly known by the acronym BUET, is a public technological research university in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Founded in 1876 as the Dacca Survey School, it is the oldest institution for the study ...

and established ''Diagram Architects'' in 1983 with two other partners. Later he started his own architectural farm ''J. A. Architects'' in 1997. He won the

North South University North South University ( bn, নর্থ সাউথ বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, also known as NSU) is a private university based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Its business school is the first Bangladeshi university to receive Americ ...

Campus International Design Competition (2002) and Mujib Nagar Memorial Open Design Competition (1984). He is a founding member of the architectural research group CHETANA, established in 1983.

Notable works

* Scholastica school at

Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city i ...

and

Savar Savar ( bn, সাভার) is a city in central Bangladesh, located in Dhaka District in the division of Dhaka. It is the closest city from Dhaka. It is also a part of Greater Dhaka conurbation which forms the Dhaka megacity. About 296,851 ...

* Training And Resource Center, BRAC at Faridpur, Rangpur and

Bogra Bogra ( bn, বগুড়া), officially known as Bogura, is a major city located in Bogra District, Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh. The city is a major commercial hub in Northern Bangladesh. It is the second largest city in Rajshahi Divi ...

* Dominic Residence,

Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands ...

Awards

* IAB Architect of the Year Award (2016) *ARCASIA Award for Architecture (2018)

References

Bangladeshi architects Living people 20th-century Bangladeshi architects 21st-century Bangladeshi architects 1959 births People from Sylhet Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology alumni {{Bangladesh-architect-stub