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Occupation	Architect

Life

Education

Architect Muzharul Islam had a multidimensional education background. He studied in Rajshahi Collegiate School Rajshahi, Bangladesh, then Dhaka College, Dhaka. His first bachelor degree was from Calcutta University, India in 1942 in Physics. He also enrolled the bachelor of engineering in Calcutta University and passed out as a civil engineer in 1946. He got his Bachelor of Architecture degree from Oregon University, USA in 1952. During this time he got the company of several important architects like Paul Rudolph, Stanly Tigerman and others.

He did his post graduate in 1957 from A.A. School of Architecture, London in Tropical Architecture. He was awarded Rockefeller Fellowship for studying the state of Contemporary Architecture in Europe in 1961.

Work

Buildings

• 1953-54: The Institute of Arts and Crafts , Dhaka , Bangladesh . FINE ARTS INSTITUTE" was Mazharul Islam's first project. it was built during 1953-1955. it holds the pride to be known as the beginning of bengali mordernism. it didnt follow neither the colonial style nor the traditional form but created its own style & language. Mr.Islam was given a site which had numerous beautiful trees & he made it a point not to cut single one of them. his design started with finding interplay of spaces within this beautiful array of trees. & the result is a beautiful free flowing space continuously corresponding with the outside.he merged different elements of our traditional architecture such as forecourt,outhouse,screen,inner court but transformed them in a modern vocabulary.

• 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 Class IV Employees, Azimpur Estate, Dhaka , Bangladesh .

• 1963-65: BCSIR Laboratory Buildings , Dhaka , Bangladesh .

• National Institute of Public Administration (NIPA) Building, Dhaka , Bangladesh .

• 1965-71: 14 storied Head Quarters Building, Agricultural Development Corporation, Motijheel, Dhaka , Bangladesh .

• 1965-71: 27 storied EFU Building (Jiban Bima Bhaban) Project, Motijhil, Dhaka , Bangladesh .

• 1965-71: Five Polytechnics at Rangpur, Bogra, Pabna, Sylhet and Barisal (in collaboration with Architect Stanley Tigerman), Bangladesh

• 1965-71: Road Research Laboratories, Dhaka .

• 1968-71: 1965-71: Chittagong University Master Plan and designs of Students' Hostel, Humanities Building, Science Building, Administrative Building, Readers' Quarters, VC's Quarters, Professors' Quarters, Storage And Godowns. Chittagong university- a beautiful creation of mr. islam in a beatuful city of chittagong lies on the bank of the river kornofuly. the year was 1968. the site of the chittagong university was decided by the government of pakistan which was 10-12 miles away from the city, connected by road and railway. there was a selection of twelve architectural farms of that time and the governor selected mr. islam. mr. islam, in his master plan acknowledged the limitations and transformed them into a beautiful composition where built form and their connecting road emerged from the existing contours and water ways of the site.he was concerned about the building material-brick, which had an extensive use for last three thousand years in this part of asia . the number of students, teachers and workers were initially thought out for next 25 years and this gave him the idea of the number of buildings, accomodations. the built forms are always infront of the contour, not on them, as the soil doesn't permit it.but the vc's house was on the contour as he asked for it.the contour becomes a backdrop and also the vista for the built forms.the built forms are staggered in such a manner that they resonate the contour to create terraces and on the other side provide overhangs for circulations and create a physical dialogue with the slope of the terrain.

• 1968-71: Housing for Rooppur Atomic Energy Complex.

• 1968-71: Jahangirnagar University Master Plan and designs for Students' Hostel, Readers' Quarters, Class IV Employees' Quarters, Dhaka , Bangladesh .

• 1980-84: Jaipurhat Limestone and Cement Project, Jaipurhat , Bangladesh : Master Plan, Housing for 200 officers, Housing for 1700 employees, Club house for officers and other employees, Clinic and hospital, Bazaar and Mosque.

• 1980-84: National Library and National Archives, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka , Bangladesh . • 1987: Office Building for the World Bank, Dhaka , Bangladesh .

• 1995: 20 storied “Garden City” Project, Dhaka , Bangladesh .