Salauddin Ahmed

Salauddin Ahmed (born 1967 in Dhaka, Bangladesh) is a contemporary Bangladeshi architect. His projects included the Karim Residence in Bashundhara.[1] He is the lead architect at Atelier Robin Architects that he founded in 2001.[2][3]

Salauddin Ahmed
সালাউদ্দিন আহমদ
Born1967 (age 52–53)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma materPortland State University
University of Pennsylvania
OccupationArchitect
PracticeAtelier Robin Architects
BuildingsCafe Mango, Karim Residence, bKash (Head office Interior)

Biography

Ahmed received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1992 from Portland State University, and an Architecture degree in 1997 from the University of Pennsylvania. After graduation, he worked in the office of Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, as well as the Urban Planning Department of the City of Portland, Oregon.[4] Between 1999 and 2000, he worked for the firm Saiful Hoque Sthapati. In 2001, he founded his own architect firm, Atelier Robin Architects, based in Dhaka.[3]

Style

Salauddin Ahmed described his work as an intent to grasp the vastness of architecture while remaining within the fundamentals of the discipline.[5] He doesn't view architecture as a creative field, but rather as a technical one that requires creativity to produce solutions.[2]

Notable works
  • Cafe Mango, Gulshan
  • Karim Residence

Awards
  • 2009: ICE Today-Aqua Paints, for Non Residential design (other category)[6][7]
  • 2011:Berger Award for Excellence in Architecture in the Residential category[8][9]
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References
  1. "Fifth Berger Architecture Award ceremony held". Holiday. 16 December 2011.
  2. The Dhaka Studio, Thepenngazette.com, 27 April 2016
  3. Jury, Paperstudio-bd.com
  4. "WORLDVIEW". www.worldviewcities.org. Retrieved 2016-12-14.
  5. Seminar on Parts, Whole and Architecture, Aust.edu
  6. "ICE Today-Aqua Paints Interior Design Award 2009 announced". The Daily Star. 8 April 2009.
  7. "ICE Today-Aqua Paints Interior Design Award 2009 distributed". The Financial Express. Dhaka. 8 April 2009.
  8. "5th Berger Award for Excellence in Architecture conferred". The Daily Star. 12 December 2011.
  9. 5th Berger Award for Excellence in Architecture (BAEA) Program, 2011, Bergerbd.com, 9 janvier 2012


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