Jalal Ahmad

Jalal Ahmad (Bengali: জালাল আহমদ) is a practicing Bangladeshi architect. He is the President of Institute of Architects Bangladesh[1] and the vice president of Commonwealth Association of Architects.[2]

Jalal Ahmad
Jalal Ahmad
Born1959
Sylhet, Bangladesh
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma materBangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
OccupationArchitect
AwardsIAB Award
PracticeJ. A. Architects Ltd.
BuildingsScholastica School
Training And Resource Center BRAC

Career
Jalal(3rd from right) at Architecture, SUST jury session

Ahmad was born in 1959, Sylhet. He completed his bachelor of architecture from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology and established Diagram Architects in 1983 with two other partners. Later he started his own architectural farm J. A. Architects in 1997. He won the North South University Campus International Design Competition (2002) and Mujib Nagar Memorial Open Design Competition (1984). He is a founding member of the architectural research group CHETANA, established in 1983.[3][4]

Notable works

Awards
  • IAB Architect of the Year Award

References
  1. "Executive Committee". Iab.com.bd. Archived from the original on 2013-07-29. Retrieved 2013-08-03.
  2. "Commonwealth Association of Architects". Comarchitect.org. Archived from the original on 2013-11-05. Retrieved 2013-08-03.
  3. "Worldview". Worldviewcities.org. Retrieved 2013-08-03.
  4. "About: Jalal Ahmed Architects Ltd". Jaarchitects.com.bd. Archived from the original on 2014-11-10. Retrieved 2013-08-03.


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