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Rafiq Azam - Architecture for Green Living (Hardcover)
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Rafiq Azam - Architecture for Green Living (Hardcover)
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The first ever monograph on contemporary architectural practice in
Bangladesh, dedicated to international-award-winning architect
Mohammad Rafiq Azam. Rafiq Azam is a world-renowned architect. He
recently received the Residential Building of the Year Award at the
2012 Emirates Glass LEAF Awards, which took place during 2012
London Design Festival. He has a holistic approach to design, which
not only incorporates the elements of nature but also harnesses its
beauty and potential in a practical way, in order to enhance the
personal experience of a building. From his uniquely Bangladeshi
perspective, the human being has two parts - the body as shell and
thoughts as soul; and his architecture is similar, where the
building manifests as the shell and nature as its soul. Considering
the socioeconomic and city planning conditions of Dhaka,
Bangladesh's capital, Azam's architectural vocabulary is kept
simple and essential, with traditional spaces like the courtyard,
pond, ghat (steps leading into water) and ample internal and
external greenery that merge both urban and rural typologies in an
intensely urban context. He arranges water courts as swimming pools
in the middle of homes, arranges natural light rooms and unfolding
wall systems to emphasise the interrelationship between form and
void. With more than 200 colour and black-and-white plates,
exquisite design sketches and aerial views, as well as watercolour
paintings and inspirational phrases, this exceptionally beautiful
book is a unique introduction and insight into a visionary
architect and Bangladeshi contemporary living and culture.
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