Muzharul Islam
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Muzharul Islam is the pioneer architect of Bangladesh and the one of the most influential master architects of the Indian subcontinent during the modern era.
Born in 1923 in Bangladesh, his pioneering work from the 1950s onwards not only signaled the advent of Modernism in Bangladesh (then East Pakistan), but almost overnight introduced a fresh culture of architecture in the then-contemporary scene hitherto populated by lesser examples of International style and those from the times of the British Raj. As a teacher, architect, activist and politician, Islam set to course architectural practice in the country not only through his own many varied works but also through being instrumental in inviting the likes of Louis Kahn, Stanley Tigerman and Paul Rudolf to work in Bangladesh .
He was awarded the Honorable Fellowship, American Institute of Architects at the National convention of the Institute at Dallas, Texas, USA in 1999. He was an honorable member of the Master Jury of the First Aga Khan Award for Architecture, Geneva, 1980.
A few of his internationally recognized projects are:
- The Institute of Arts and Crafts, Dhaka
- Five polytechnics at Rangpur, Bogra, Pabna, Sylhet and Barisal (in collaboration with architect Stanley Tigerman), Bangladesh
- Chittagong University Master Plan and design, Chittagong, Bangladesh
- Jahangir Nagar University Master Plan and Design
