Jalal Ahmad

Jalal Ahmed
Jalal Ahmed
Born	1959 Sylhet, Bangladesh
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Alma mater	Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
Occupation	Architect
Awards	IAB Award

Practice	J. A. Architects Ltd.
Buildings	Scholastica School Training And Resource Center BRAC

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

Career

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

Scholastica school at Dhaka and Savar^{[citation needed]}
Training And Resource Center, BRAC at Faridpur, Rangpur and Bogra^{[citation needed]}
Dominic Residence, Tanzania^{[citation needed]}

Awards

IAB Architect of the Year Award (2016) ^[5]
ARCASIA Award for Architecture (2018)^[6]

References

^ "Executive Committee". Iab.com.bd. Archived from the original on 29 July 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
^ "Commonwealth Association of Architects". Comarchitect.org. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
^ "Worldview". Worldviewcities.org. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
^ "About: Jalal Ahmed Architects Ltd". Jaarchitects.com.bd. Archived from the original on 10 November 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
^ "IAB - Institute of Architects Bangladesh | IAB Design Awards". www.iab.com.bd. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
^ "ARCASIA Awards for Architecture Winners 2018 - Arcasia". arcasia.org. Retrieved 11 June 2021.