Mohammad Rafiq Azam is a Bangladeshi architect. He is principal architect of the architecture firm Shatotto, based in Dhaka

Dhaka

Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh and the principal city of Dhaka Division. Dhaka is a megacity and one of the major cities of South Asia. Located on the banks of the Buriganga River, Dhaka, along with its metropolitan area, had a population of over 15 million in 2010, making it the largest city...

, Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

. He is also a teacher, a lecturer and a painter. Azam has accumulated a number of achievements in architecture and painting. He has given lectures worldwide and his work is published and exhibited on national and international platforms.

In architecture

• 1991: Winner, Mimar International Design Competition- VII, London.
• 2000: “Young Architect’s Award-1999” in the South Asian Architecture Award.
• 2004: Cityscape Architectural Review Commendation Award.
• 2005: The South Asian Architecture Commendation Award-2003.
• 2007: The 2007 Kenneth F. Brown, Asia Pacific Culture & Architecture Design Award. USA
• 2007: Berger Award for Excellence in Architecture 2007
• 2007: AR Awards for Emerging Architecture 2007
• 2008: Winner, 1st cycle, World Architecture Community Award.
• 2008: Citation, 3rd cycle, World Architecture Community Award.
• 2008: Winner, 2nd cycle (most thought provoking project), World Architecture Community Award.
• 2009: Winner, 5th cycle, World Architecture Community Award.
• 2009: Highly Commended “Cityscape Architecture Award” for the project Meghna Residence, Dhaka.
• 2009: Highly Commended “Cityscape Architecture Award” for the project Eye Hospital, Dhaka.
• 2009: Winner “Cityscape Architecture Award” for the” project S.A Residence”, Dhaka.
• 2011: The South Asian Architecture Commendation Award.

Lectures

• SAARCH Conference, Dhaka, 2004.
• The University of Malaysia, 2006.
• Datum: KL 2006, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
• The Catholic University of America, W.D.C., U.S.A., 2006.
• The University of Hawaii, Manoa , U.S.A ., 2006.
• Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, 2007.
• National College of Arts (NCA), Lahore, Pakistan, 2007.
• Key note speaker, Annual Conference of IAP, Karachi, Pakistan, 2007.
• Key note speaker, young architect’s festival, India
  India
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  , 2007.
• Jadavpur University, Kolkata
  Kolkata
  Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...
  
  , 2008.
• The National University of Singapore
  Singapore
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  , 2008.
• Reggio Calabria University, Italy
  Italy
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  , 2008.
• RAIA, Sydney, Australia, 2008.
• Invited speaker “My Tropical Architecture” for Kuala Lumpur vision 2020, 2008
• Metro city Summit, Kuala Lumpur 2009
• Jadavpur University, Kolkata 2010.
• Invited speaker “Indian Institute of Architects, Kerala 2010
• Invited speaker “PAM” Kuala Lumpur
  Kuala Lumpur
  Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...
  
    2010
• Invited speaker “Comsets , NCA and IAP Islamabad , Pakistan” 2010
• Invited speaker “ACA-14” Lahore
  Lahore
  Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a...
  
  , Pakistan
  Pakistan
  Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
  
    2010
• Invited speaker “CAA” Sri Lanka
  Sri Lanka
  Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
  
  , 2010.
• Bangladesh University, Dhaka, 2011
• Invited speaker, “Architect’s Forum”, London, 2011

Publications and media coverage

• Architectural Review (AR), London
• AD magazine, London
• Toronto Star, Canada
• Atelier Crisis, Spain
• Ananda Bazaar, Kolkata, India
• D+A, Singapore
• Indian Architect and Builder, India
• Architecture Asia Magazine, Malaysia
• Jamini, Bangladesh
• Design for Housing Magazine, Italy
• Urban Land Magazine, USA
• Architecture Plus, UAE
• ADA and Regional Planning Magazine, Pakistan
• New Strait Times, Bangladesh
• The Star from Malaysia
• Karachi Times, Pakistan
• Daily Star, Bangladesh
• Star Weekend Magazine, Bangladesh
• Ice Today, Bangladesh
• Shilparup, Bangladesh
• Floornature, Online Magazine
• Ntv, ATN bangla, Channel one, Bangladesh
• Financial Times, London
• Charbela Chardi, Bangladesh
• Nirman, Kolkata, India
• Kali O Kalam, Bangladesh
• Bangla Today, Bangladesh
• Sthapotto O Nirman, Bangladesh
• Sunday Times, India
• The Hindu, India
• Shokaler Khabor – Bari Ghor, Bangladesh

Exhibitions

• 1985: 7th National Exhibition Bangladesh.
• 1986: 3rd Asian Art Biennial, Bangladesh.
• 1993: 6th Asian Art Biennial, Bangladesh.
• 1994: Tenth National Young Artists Exhibition, Dhaka.
• 1995: 8th ARCASIA Forum Architectural Exhibition, Singapore.
• 1995: Solo Painting Exhibition, Nepal.
• 1998: Solo Exhibition “ArTchitecture” in New York, U.S.A.
• 1999: Solo Exhibition “ArTchitecture” in Drik Gallery, Dhaka.
• 2005: Kenneth Brown World wide Travel Exhibition.
• 2005: UIA2005, Architectural exhibition in Istanbul
• 2007: AR Emerging Architecture Exhibition at the RIBA, London, Korea and Germany
• 2008: Architectural Excellence in Bangladesh, RAIA exhibition in Sydney, Australia.
• 2008: “Nature is” a solo exhibition at Bengal Gallery, Dhaka.
• 2009: “Two Men Show” at Gallery Hittite, Yorkvill art district Toronto, Canada

Professional memberships

• Member, Institute of Architects Bangladesh (IAB)
• Member, AOTS

External links

• Shatotto official website