BIO-DATA
ARCHITECT MUZHARUL ISLAM
FULL NAME : Muzharul Islam
DATE OF BIRTH : 25 December,1923
DIED : 15 July, 2012
FATHER'S NAME : Late Professor Omdatul Islam
MOTHER'S NAME : Late Mrs.Zakia Khatoon
PPRESENT ADDRESS
:Flat# 102,
Concord Regal Ridge,
Rd# 84, H# 16A,
Gulshan-2,
Dhaka-1212,
Bangladesh.
TELEPHONE : Home +880 2 9862211
EDUCATIONAL :
1942 : Bachelor of Science, Calcutta, University, Calcutta.
1946 : Bachelor of Engineering, Calcutta University, Calcutta.
1952 : Bachelor of Architecture, Oregon University, USA .
1957 : Post Graduate3 Certificate in Tropical Architecture, A.A. School of
Architecture London, UK.
SCHOLARSHIPS :
1950-52 : Scholarship under Post-War Development
1956- 57 : British Council Scholarship for studying
Tropical Architecture at the A.A. School of Architecture,
London.
1961 : Rockefeller Fellowship for studying the state of Contemporary
Architecture in Europe.
PROFESSIONAL :
1958-64 : Senior Architect of the former Government of East Pakistan.
1953-54 : Visiting Professor, Ahsanullah College of Engineering and
Technology (at present it is Bangladesh University of Science and Technology), Dhaka.
1962-64 : Member, Academic Council, University of Engineering and
Technology, Dhaka.
SOME OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT WORKS :
1953-55 : The College of Arts and Crafts, Dhaka (at present it is the ‘Institute of Fine Arts’ of the University of Dhaka), Bangladesh
1953-54 : Public Library (at present Dhaka University Library), Dhaka,
Bangladesh.
1963-64 : Plan for Khilgaon Railway Rehabilitation Zone, Dhaka,
Bangladesh.
1963-64 : Plan for new Rangamati Town, Chittagong Hill Tracts,
Bangladesh.
1962 : Housing of Fourth Class Employees, Azimpur Estate, Dhaka,
Bangladesh.
1964 : Architect's Residence, Dhaka.
1963-65 : BCSIR Laboratory Buildings , Dhaka .
1969: National Institute of Public Administration Building, Dhaka
1965-71 : 14 storied Head Quarters Building, Agricultural Development
Corporation, Motijheel, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
1965-71 : 27 storied EFU Building (Jiban Bima Bhaban) Project,
Motijheel, Dhaka , Bangladesh .
1966-78 : Five polytechnics at Rangpur, Bogra, Pabna, Sylhet and
Barishal (in collaboration with Arch. Stanley Tigerman).
1965-71 : Road Research Laboratories, Dhaka .
1968-71 : Chittagong University Master Plan and designs of Students'
Hostel, Humanities Building , Science Building, Administrative
Building , Readers' Quarters, VC's Quarters, Professors' Quarters.
1967-70 : Jahangirnagar University Master Plan and designs of
students' Hostel, Readers Quarters, Fourth Class Employees.
1968-71 : Housing for Rooppur Atomic Energy Complex.
1978 : Joypurhat Limestone and cement Project
Master Plan Housing for 200 officers Housing for 1700
employees Clinic and Hospital Bazaar and Mosque
1978-79 : National Library, Sher-e Bangla Nagar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
1980-84 : National Archives, Sher-e Bangla Nagar, Dhaka,
Bangladesh.
1987 : Office Building for the World Bank, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
1995 : 20 storied “Garden City” Project, Dhaka.
EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES:
1953-60 : Active role for setting up a college of Architecture.
1962 up to date: Jury Member, for many final year projects, present
BUET.
From 1980: Joined Seminars organized by the Aga Khan Awards: Jakarta,
Jordan, Cairo, Morocco and Dhaka.
From 1983 : One of the main organizer for setting up to date “CHETANA”
–an architectural study group.
1996 : As President of “CHETANA” organized documentation of the
remains of the ancient buildings in Bangladesh, with the help of the other
members of the Executive Committee.
1998 : Publication of the book “Pundranagar to Sher-e-Bangla Nagar” by
CHETANA.
1998 : Exhibition of drawings and photographs of the buildings surveyed
by CHETANA.
1998 : Exhibition of Islam's Work in New York (Architectural League of
New York), Philadelphia and Chicago.
1972 up to date: Working actively for the laws and control of
Architecture as a profession in Bangladesh.
1972 up to date: Working as activist for laws for the total physical
Planning of the country.
HONORS AND AWARDS :
1970 : Chairman, Advisory Panel on Building Construction. Housing
Architecture and Physical Planning Fourth Five Year Plan, Pakistan.
1968-69: President, Institute of Architects Pakistan.
1972 - up to date: Member, Institute of Architects, Bangladesh.
1970: Member, Jury Board for the Selection of the Best Design of the
Grand Mosque, Islamabad, Pakistan.
1972-75: President, Institute of Architects Bangladesh.
1976-80: President, Institute of Architects Bangladesh.
1980: Member, Master Jury, First Aga Khan Award, Geneva.
1980 : Member, Jury Board for the Selection of the Best Design of
the Monument at Savar.
1981 : Member, Jury Board for the selection of the best design for
the H.Q. Building of the lslamic Development Bank, Jeddah.
1981 : Member. International Jury Board for the selection of the
best design for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
1989: Citation by the indian institute of Architects ,west Bengal Chapter,
as the outstanding Architect from the south Asian countries for his
devoted architectural works and dedication to generate Architectural
awareness".
1993: Awarded Gold Medal to a member Architect for the first time by the
Institute of Architects, Bangladesh
1997 : Member, Jury Board for the selection of the best design for
Victory Monument at Suhrawardi Uddyan, Dhaka.
1999 : Member, Board of Governors, National Museum, Dhaka.
1999 – Received JK cement architect’s award.
-Awarded the Honorable Fellowship, American Institute of
Architects at the National convention of the Institute at Dallas,
Texas, USA .
- Awarded the independence Day Award, Bangladesh.
- Awarded the Grand Master Award at the South Asian
Architecture Award Ceremony at Jaipur, India.
2003 : His 80th birthday ceremony was publicly celebrated at the
premises of his first project 'Fine Arts Institute Dhaka', organized
by the Institute of Architects, Bangladesh.
2005 : A documentary film 'The Architect' on Architect Muzharul
Islam's life and works was released on the occasion of his 82nd birthday. The film was directed by Architect Enamul Karim Nirjhar.
PUBLICATIONS :
-- Encyclopedia Britannica Volume 22, 15th Editions 1986, page- 99.
-- Architectural Review, London, April 1960, Page-155.
-- Environments, Volume 19, Number 2, 1988, University of Waterloo,
Ontario, Canada, Page-55 to 60.
-- Architecture + Design, New Delhi, India, May-June, 1988, page- 26 to 32
& 36.
-- “Tri-Matra” yearly publication of the students of the Faculty of
Architecture, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology,
page-7 to 14.
-- Daily “Sangbad”, Dhaka, 23 December, 1993, Page-12.
-- Daily “Bhorer Kagoj”, Dhaka, 24 December, 1993, Page-9.
-- Daily “Banglar Bani”, Dhaka, 7 March, 1994, Page-1.
-- Daily “Bhorer Kagoj”, Dhaka, 7 March, 1994, Page-12.
-- Weekly “Holiday”, Dhaka, 31 December, 1993, Page-6.
-- Daily “Star”, Dhaka, August, 2000.
-- Lecturer, re: Exhibition of Works of Four Architects of the Indian
Sub-Continent; New York, Philadelphia, 1997.
-- Lecturer, re: Exhibition of Architecture in Bangladesh, “Pundranagar” to
Sher-e-Bangla Nagar (350 B.C. to present time), 1997.
-- An Architecture of Independence : The Making of Modern South Asia,
1997, University of Pennsylvania.
-- The India International Centre Quarter: Monsoon 1997, Volume- 24,
Number 2-3.
-- Architect Muzharul Islam and Chicago Architect Stanly Tigerman did the
elaborate study on typology and tectonics, ecology, climate and
materials. Their study resulted in a major report, which was featured in
the September 1968 issue of “Architectural Record".
-- An article on works and phylosophies of Muzharul Islam published in the online global architects forum ArchSociety.com (CLICK HERE to visit) on 01 February 2007.
-- An article on Muzharul Islam was published in renowned magazine Docomomo in their Journal-37 (September 2009) entitled “The Voice of the Modern Bengali: Architect Muzharul Islam”. It was written by Nasheet Rumy and Mohammed Andalib Saadullah.
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