Our Principal Architect is invited regularly to speak on architectural practice, regulation and the future of the built environment in Bangladesh. Collected here are the recorded sessions — produced independently by the industry bodies, developers and programmes that hosted them.
The Structural Engineers Ltd (SEL)
A full-length session recorded for The Structural Engineers Ltd, in which Ar. Dewan Shamsul Arif discusses architectural practice in Bangladesh with a structural engineering audience. The longest and most wide-ranging of the recorded conversations, covering how design intent survives contact with structure, cost and code.
bti — building technology & ideas ltd
An interview produced by bti, one of Bangladesh's largest real estate developers, for its "Building Tomorrow" series. Ar. Dewan Shamsul Arif speaks about the direction of architecture and urban development in Dhaka from a developer-facing perspective.
After Hours Talks
Episode 18 of After Hours Talks, where Ar. Dewan Shamsul Arif presents fire safety as a collaborative process rather than a box-ticking exercise — an argument for treating life-safety design as a shared responsibility across architect, engineer, client and authority.
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