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‘Urbanism is about imagining futures’ | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

‘Urbanism is about imagining futures’ | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

Written by Shiny Varghese |Published: October 23, 2019 12:19:23 am

‘Urbanism is about imagining futures’

Kazi Khaleed Ashraf on the architecture of Bangladesh and living with water

‘Urbanism is about imagining futures’

Louis Kahn’s National Parliament


“We cannot believe that as architects we do stunning buildings and the city can go to hell,” says Kazi Khaleed Ashraf. Director of the Bengal Institute for Architecture, Landscape and Settlements, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Ashraf was in India for the Frame Conclave held in Goa recently. In a free-wheeling conversation, Ashraf, 60, shares his insights on urbanism and its challenges and the giants — Louis Khan and Muzharul Islam — who influenced architecture in Bangladesh. Excerpts:

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