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50 Years Of ARCASIA: Dhaka, Bangladesh | November 2019

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50 Years Of ARCASIA: Dhaka, Bangladesh | November 2019

At no other time throughout the entire existence of humankind has one seen such exceptional speed and nature of progress in each aspect of human life as happening today. From the innovation to the politics, from the atmosphere to transhumance, and from urban communities to areas, prodigious change and transmutation, and at an amazing rate of human life span. Architects are conferring ordinarily with progressively unstable settings of moving monetary, physical, technological and geopolitical landscapes. So as to address numerous features of these unquestionable marvels, the topic, Architecture in a Changing Landscape, is relied upon to elicit cogitations, innovations, and ideas appropriate for the present and inevitable consequence of architecture.

The Architects’ Regional Council Asia (ARCASIA) is a Council of the presidents of the National Institutes of Architects of twenty-one Asian countries that are members of ARCASIA. Every alternate year, ARCASIA FORUM is hosted by one of the member countries of ARCASIA. The Institute of Architects Bangladesh (IAB) will host ARCASIA FORUM 20 in November 2019 with the theme "Architecture in a Changing Landscape".

The registration and payment are done through a smooth, hassle-free, fully online and automated system. All local/international credit/debit cards and Bangladeshi mobile wallets (bKash, Rocket, etc.) are accepted.

Visit the ARCASIA website for registration and details. 

Honorable Guests

Shigeru Ban, Tokyo, Japan

Woha Architects, Singapore

Hanif Kara, Structural Engineer, Akt II

Jeravej Hongsakul, IDIN Architects, Thailand

Peter Clegg, FCB Studios

Andra Matin, Indonesia

Alan Ricks, Mass Architects, USA

Studio Lotus, India

Nguyen Hai Long, Tropical Space Architects, Vietnam

Emre Arolat, Emre Arolat Architecture, Turkey

50 Years Of ARCASIA: Dhaka, Bangladesh | November 2019

Event Program

IAB Build Expo / Opening of Build Expo on 2nd Nov at 16:00 (- 02 Nov 2019 09:00 - 04 Nov 2019 17:00)

ARCASIA Forum 20: 3-4 November, 2019

Welcome Reception: 03 November, 2019

Office Bearer & Committee Meeting: 05 November, 2019

Awards Night (Hotel Radisson): 05 November, 2019

Council Meeting (IAB Centre, Plot-11, Road-7, Block-E, Agargaon Sher-E-Banglanagar, Dhaka): 6-7 November, 2019

50 Years Celebration (Hatirjheel Amphitheatre, Dhaka-1212): 06 November, 2019

Friendship Night (International Convention City Bashundhara(ICCB): 07 November, 2019

All images courtesy of ARCASIA Forum

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