Bengal Tigers
Jun 15, 2018
3 minutes
Text Kee Foong
Set back from the chaos of a major road in central Dhaka is a low-slung 1950s pavilion that attracts little interest from passers-by. There is no grand entrance and the concrete and corrugated-brick pavilion, home to the University of Dhaka’s Faculty of Fine Arts, is hidden among the park-like grounds. Yet it is an architectural treasure — Bangladesh’s first modernist building — designed by Muzharul Islam, the nation’s most feted architect. Well-preserved and still in use today, the building and its
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