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13/08/2026

Nayem Ahasan Srijon, Lecturer, Department of Architecture, BUET, has successfully defended his Master of Science in Architecture (M.Sc. in Architecture) thesis on June 28, 2026. His thesis, titled “Integrating Life Cycle Analysis into School Building Envelope Design for Net-Zero Performance,” was supervised by Professor Dr. Md. Ashikur Rahman Joarder, Department of Architecture, BUET.

The research investigated the effects of building envelope parameters—including material selection, window to wall ratio, and shading systems—on the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of a case school building throughout its life cycle, from cradle to grave. The study further explored the integration of renewable and resource-efficient systems, including bio-solar roofing and rainwater harvesting, to enhance the environmental performance of school buildings. The findings indicate that, through the use of low-embodied-carbon materials, optimized wall-to-window ratios, effective shading systems, and renewable energy strategies, a school building can potentially achieve net-zero emissions within 18 years of its operational life and subsequently contribute to a positive-energy building that can benefit the surrounding community. The study also emphasizes the development of a life cycle assessment framework tailored to the local context of Bangladesh to support more sustainable and environmentally responsive building design.

The examination board comprised the following:
Professor Dr. S. M. Najmul Imam, Professor and Head, Department of Architecture, BUET, Ar. Atiuqur Rahman, Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, BUET, Dr. Morshed Alam, Senior Lecturer, Department of Civil and Construction Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology, Victoria, Australia.

Following the successful completion of his M.Sc. in Architecture, Nayem Ahasan Srijon is now in USA to study a Masters' degree in Regenerative and Sustainable Design (MSRSD) at Carnegie Mellon University in Fall 2026.

The Department of Architecture, BUET, extends its heartiest congratulations to Nayem Ahasan Srijon on this notable academic achievement and wishes him continued success in his future academic and professional endeavors.

01/08/2026

The Department of Architecture, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), warmly welcomes Prof. Dr. Nasreen Hossain as the Dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Planning and Prof. Dr. Catherine Daisy Gomes as the Head of the Department of Architecture, as they assume their new responsibilities.

The Department also extends its sincere appreciation and congratulations to Prof. Dr. Shayer Ghafur and Prof. Dr. S. M. Najmul Imam for their dedicated leadership and successful completion of their tenures as Dean and Head of the Department, respectively.

We look forward to working together under the new leadership in advancing academic excellence, research, and institutional development. The Department extends its warmest congratulations and best wishes to all the distinguished professors in their respective roles.

25/07/2026

It is with great pleasure that we announce the appointment of Professor Dr. Catherine Daisy Gomes as the Head of the Department of Architecture, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET).

Professor Gomes is a distinguished academic and researcher whose expertise spans housing and settlements, resilient dwellings, domestic architecture, space syntax analysis, architectural history, and church architecture. She earned her PhD from the Department of Architecture, BUET, and carried out part of her doctoral research as a Graduate Affiliate (Visiting Researcher) at The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London (UCL), UK, under the Commonwealth Split-Site Scholarship. She also completed both her Bachelor of Architecture and Master of Architecture at BUET, receiving the Shamshun Nahar Khanam Gold Medal and the Ahsanur Rahman Gold Medal for outstanding academic achievement.

Over the years, Professor Gomes has made significant contributions to architectural education, research, and professional practice. Her research focuses on resilient housing, community-based design, domestic spatial organisation, and heritage architecture. She has supervised numerous postgraduate and doctoral research projects, led externally funded research on disaster-resilient housing, and authored the book Disaster-Resilient Modular CORE Shelters of the Ethnic Communities in the Chittagong Hill Tracts Area, based on an externally funded research project supported by the Research and Innovation Centre for Science and Engineering (RISE), Caritas Bangladesh, and Catholic Relief Services (CRS). She has published extensively in national and international journals.

Beyond academia, she has served on several national advisory and technical committees, including the Bangladesh National Museum, CARITAS Bangladesh, Dhaka North City Corporation, and other government and institutional initiatives related to housing, heritage, and resilient development. She has also led and contributed to several major design and consultancy projects through BUET, further strengthening the University’s role in advancing research, professional practice, and community engagement.

We extend our heartfelt congratulations to Professor Dr. Catherine Daisy Gomes and wish her every success as she leads the Department of Architecture toward continued excellence in education, research, and professional practice.

We also express our sincere gratitude to Professor Dr. S. M. Najmul Imam for his dedicated leadership, commitment, and valuable service as the outgoing Head of the Department of Architecture. We wish him continued success in his future academic and professional endeavours.

18/07/2026

The Department of Architecture, BUET, is pleased to share the remarkable achievements of its Level-4, Term-II undergraduate students at 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 (𝗗𝗥𝗚) 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲, held from 3–7 July 2026 at the South China University of Technology (SCUT), Guangzhou, China. BUET was one of only 12 universities worldwide selected to participate in this prestigious international program.

The 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 centered on "Pantang Sanyue," a historic settlement in Guangzhou, China, where 22 participating BUET students worked in multidisciplinary, mixed-university teams to develop regenerative design solutions addressing climate resilience, heritage conservation, and community well-being. During the workshop, Tasfia Tazrin, Angshuman Chakraborty, and Samiha Anika won First Prize, while Salma Sadia, Maria Mehnaz, Minhazul Islam, and Azizul Hoque Khan, Samia Mehnaz Maliha, and Nehar Mehjabin Sochchho secured Second Prize with mixed university teams, demonstrating BUET students' excellence in collaborative and context-responsive design.

In the international 𝐔𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 competition, the BUET team comprising Mehlail Ehsan, Angshuman Chakraborty, Raisa Tahsin, Minhazul Islam, Ridwan Mustaqim Bin Azad, and Bijoy Bhattacharje presented "𝐀𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐄𝐝𝐞𝐧", a proposal exploring regenerative strategies for seasonal flooding and drought in Vadodara, Gujarat, India. The team was guided by Dr. Fatema Meher Khan, Patrick D' Rozario, Md. Tariquzzaman, Nayna Tabassum, Md. Muktadir Rahman, and Fouzia Masud Mouri. Three additional BUET teams—𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐲, 𝐎𝐒𝐌𝐎 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭—also participated in the exhibition segment, where their projects received high appreciation from international jurors and visitors.

Nayna Tabassum and Fouzia Masud Mouri served as the Official Tutors, representing the Department of Architecture, BUET. Beyond coordinating the team's participation, they provided continuous design supervision, academic guidance, and knowledge sharing throughout the workshop, fostering collaborative learning, critical design thinking, and meaningful academic exchange with participants and faculty from leading universities worldwide.

The Department of Architecture, BUET extends its heartfelt appreciation to all the students, faculty mentors, and coordinators on this remarkable achievement, which reflects the Department's continued commitment to design excellence, international collaboration, and climate-responsive architectural education.

16/07/2026

The Department of Architecture, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), warmly welcomes Nawshin Ahmed (Batch 2018) and Faizah Rafsan (Batch 2018), who joined the Department as Lecturers on 08 July 2026.

Nawshin Ahmed received her Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.) degree from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) in 2025 and is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Architecture under the Environment and Energy (EE) Division at BUET. Prior to joining the Department, she served as a Part-Time Lecturer and Research Assistant at North South University and gained professional experience with Arcadian Architects. She completed her internship at Marina Tabassum Architects (MTA). An outstanding academic performer, she has received the Ahsanur Rahman Memorial Scholarship, University Merit Scholarship, and Dean's Award. Her research on sustainable and resilient built environments has been presented at international conferences and published in international journals. She aspires to contribute to academia and professional practice through interdisciplinary research on sustainable and resilient built environments.

Faizah Rafsan completed her Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.) with Honors from BUET in 2025 and is currently pursuing her Master of Science in Architecture under the Housing and Settlement Division at BUET. Before joining the Department, she worked as a Research Associate at The University of Hong Kong (HKU) and completed architectural internships in Japan and Bangladesh. Her research interests include urban regeneration, community capacity building, circular economy, and sustainable building materials. She has actively contributed to research publications, international conferences, and design workshops and has received the DOT Student Design Award (Commendation, 2025), along with the Dean's List Scholarship and University Merit Scholarship. Alongside her academic pursuits, she explores architectural illustration and graphic design as complementary tools for documenting places, communicating ideas, and fostering socially and contextually responsive design.

The Department of Architecture, BUET extends its heartfelt congratulations to our newly appointed Lecturers, Nawshin Ahmed and Faizah Rafsan. We wish them every success in their academic careers and look forward to their valuable contributions to teaching, research, and the continued excellence of the Department.

16/07/2026

The Department of Architecture, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), is pleased to announce that Fabiha Tahmina has successfully defended her Master of Architecture (M. Arch) thesis on 23 June 2026.

Her thesis, "Performance Evaluation of Building-Integrated Photovoltaic Shading with Kinetic Systems for Office Buildings", was conducted under the supervision of Dr. Khandaker Shabbir Ahmed, Professor, Department of Architecture, BUET, under the Environment and Energy (EE) Division. The research investigates Building-Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) shading integrated with kinetic systems as an adaptive façade solution for office buildings in the tropical climate of Dhaka. Using a simulation-based multi-objective optimization framework, the study identifies optimized kinetic BIPV shading configurations and demonstrates their effectiveness for the design of climate-responsive and energy-efficient office buildings.

The examination board comprised Dr. S. M. Nazmul Imam, Professor and Head, Department of Architecture, BUET, as Member (Ex-Officio); Mr. Atiqur Rahman, Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, BUET, as Member; and Dr. Sajal Chowdhury, Professor and Head, Department of Architecture, CUET, as External Member.

Fabiha completed her Bachelor of Architecture (B Arch) from the Department of Architecture, BUET, in 2022 and is currently serving as a Lecturer in the same department. Her academic and research interests include computational design, climate-responsive architecture, building energy performance, adaptive façade systems, and sustainable built environments.

Congratulations to Fabiha Tahmina on this significant academic achievement.

11/07/2026

The Department of Architecture, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), is delighted to announce the appointment of Gourab Kundu, Fouzia Masud Mouri, and Afeefa Adeeba Rahman as Assistant Professors. Their appointments further strengthen the department's vibrant academic community, bringing together a wealth of expertise in architectural education, research, and professional practice.

Gourab Kundu is an educator, researcher, and practicing architect whose work spans architecture, environmental performance, and landscape studies. Before joining the Department of Architecture at BUET, he taught at the Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) and gained professional experience at the architectural firm TKNRK. He earned both his Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch) and Master of Architecture (M.Arch) degrees from BUET and is currently pursuing a Master of Landscape Architecture (M.LA), with a minor in Cultural Heritage and Preservation, at the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign, USA. His research explores energy and environmental performance, human comfort, optimization, and adaptive reuse, with emerging interests in climate-adaptive hybrid coastal infrastructures and heritage risk under global climate change.

Fouzia Masud Mouri earned her Bachelor of Architecture (2020) and Master of Architecture (2025) from the Department of Architecture, BUET, and has been serving as a faculty member in the department since 2022. Prior to this appointment, she contributed as architect to the Dhaka City Neighborhood Upgradation Project and taught part-time at Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST). Her research focuses on computational urban analysis, urban morphology, transit-oriented development, walkability, livability, affordable housing, and spatial cognition. Her undergraduate thesis was recognized among the Top 50 projects in the 2021 Tamayouz International Graduation Project Award, and she has received several design competition awards while publishing multiple research papers. She aspires to contribute to the department's academic excellence through dedicated teaching and impactful research, with a particular emphasis on advancing human-centered and computational approaches to urban design.

Afeefa Adeeba Rahman is an architect, researcher, and academic who completed her Bachelor of Architecture (2022) and Master of Architecture (2025) in the Environment and Energy Division at BUET. Before joining the department, she served as a Lecturer at the Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) from 2022 to 2025 while also practicing part-time as a Junior Associate Architect at CAF-BRTC, BUET. Her research lies at the intersection of urban morphology, computation, energy efficiency, and environmental performance in dense tropical settings, employing advanced microclimatic analysis and simulation techniques. Her current work focuses on parametric urban optimization, microclimatic data science, and the development of computational regulatory toolkits that bridge environmental simulation with local planning and development frameworks.

The Department of Architecture warmly welcomes Gourab Kundu, Fouzia Masud Mouri, and Afeefa Adeeba Rahman to their new roles as Assistant Professors. We extend our heartfelt congratulations and best wishes for their continued success in teaching, research, and service, and look forward to their valuable contributions to the department's tradition of academic excellence and innovation.

08/07/2026

Department of Architecture, BUET is delighted to announce that Professor Dr. Nasreen Hossain has taken over the charge as the Dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Planning at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), succeeding the outgoing Dean, Professor Dr. Shayer Ghafur, on July 6, 2026.

Dr. Nasreen Hossain (FIAB) graduated from BUET in 1993 and joined the Department of Architecture, BUET as a Lecturer in March 1994. She completed her Master’s degree from BUET in 1995 and received the ‘Shamsunnahar Khanam Gold Medal’ and the ‘Ahsanur Rahman Gold Medal’ for academic excellence at BUET. As a Commonwealth Scholar, she obtained her PhD from the Bartlett School of Graduate Studies, UCL, UK, in 2001.

Professor Nasreen has been actively involved in teaching and research for over 32 years and has become highly recognized for her work in the areas of Urban Design and Retail Architecture. Her academic and research interests lie specifically in Urban Morphology at the scale between the building and the city, behavioural dynamics and economics of spatial mechanisms in urban retail environments, Informal Urbanism, and Disaster Management at the urban scale with specific reference to earthquake and fire safety. She has been actively teaching at the Department of Architecture (DoA), BUET, fostering awareness among students and young architects of current local and global urban issues, problems, and prospects in the light of the SDGs. She is the Coordinator of the Urban Design and Landscape Division at DoA, BUET.

Professor Nasreen’s publications demonstrate her keen interest in exploring the social and spatial logic of space in shaping a spatially sustainable urban environment. She was the Chief Editor of the Journal of Architecture published by the Department of Architecture, BUET. She is the Editor of the book Fifty Years of Architecture in Bangladesh published by UPL. She has also served as the Convenor of numerous national and international seminars and workshops on urban design, Nature-based Solutions, sustainable communities, and Space Syntax.

Professor Nasreen served as the Head of the Department of Architecture, BUET from July 2018 to July 2020. During her tenure, her relentless efforts towards expanding academic, research, and infrastructural development in the Department were widely appreciated. Her guidance and teamwork in introducing online classes at the Department of Architecture, BUET were particularly noteworthy. She has been an active member of UN-Habitat’s World Urban Campaign WG3 since 2020.

The Department of Architecture, BUET extends its heartfelt congratulations to Professor Dr. Nasreen Hossain on her appointment and wishes her every success in leading the Faculty of Architecture and Planning.

02/07/2026

On Wednesday, July 1, 2026, the Department of Architecture, BUET, hosted a special faculty gathering to celebrate the addition of 47 Landscape Architecture books to the Department Library. The collection was generously donated from the personal library of Mike Barthelmeh, recently retired Associate Professor at Lincoln University, New Zealand.

In an extraordinary gesture of generosity, Prof. Barthelmeh personally curated the collection, secured funding, and covered all freight and shipping costs to enrich the Department’s academic resources. These specialized books will serve as valuable references for teaching and research in landscape architecture, ecology, landscape design, and sustainable practices.

The Department also extends its sincere appreciation to our esteemed alumna, Dr. Nubras Samayeen, Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Arlington, whose efforts in coordinating and facilitating communication with Prof. Barthelmeh made this initiative possible.

During the gathering, the books were formally presented to the faculty, and the Head of the Department Professor Dr S M Najmul Imam acknowledged Prof. Barthelmeh’s remarkable generosity and Dr. Samayeen’s dedicated support, expressing the Department’s heartfelt gratitude to both.

The Department of Architecture, BUET, sincerely thanks Prof. Barthelmeh for his enduring contribution to architectural education and wishes him a happy and fulfilling retirement.

25/06/2026

The Department of Architecture, BUET, is pleased to announce that a team comprising undergraduate students Sm Shahir Sadman (Archi), Labib Hasan (Archi), and Md Roni Molla (URP), under the supervision of Md Tariquzzaman, Assistant Prof. DoA, BUET, has secured Third Place in the “A Carbon Conscious Urban Design Idea Competition". The competition was jointly organized by the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK), in coordination with the Ministry of Housing and Public Works (MoHPW).

The competition challenged participants to redesign a lakeside park in Uttara Sector 7, exploring how thoughtful urban design and low-carbon construction materials can address climate change, urban density, and the growing demand for inclusive and sustainable public spaces.

The jury commended the proposal for its sensitive interpretation of ecology, memory, and community within a rapidly urbanizing context. Drawing inspiration from the landscapes and everyday experiences of rural Bengal, the project reimagines an underutilized urban site as a vibrant ecological pocket park that reconnects people with nature while responding to contemporary environmental challenges.

The Department congratulates the team and their supervisor on this significant achievement.

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