Rafiq Azam

Md. Rafiq Azam is one of the internationally acclaimed Bangladeshi architects practicing for the last 27 years and developed a remarkable style of his own. His architecture is a fusion of tradition, nature, and mysticism with significant harmony. Rafiq’s green architecture is not a mere a mechanism of energy-saving rather it seems like an inspiring process of energy gaining. As a visiting faculty, he taught at the National University of Singapore, NED Karachi, Jadavpur University India, BRAC University, University of Asia Pacific, North South University Dhaka, and Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology, Dhaka. Rafiq Azam is a 1989 graduate from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). His practice name is “SHATOTTO architecture for green living” since May 1995. In 2004, he participated in “Glenn Murcutt Master Class” and selected as one of the ten emerging designers of the world by “Urban Land”, the USA in 2008. He won a line of awards such as ARCASIA Gold Medal 2017, World Architecture Festival (WAF) Award 2017, Four times Cityscape global Award, Leading European Architecture Award (LEAF) 2009, Malaysia Property Award, The Edge PAM Green Excellence Award 2015, Five times World Architectural Community Award, A R Emerging Architecture Award, Finalists for AGA Khan Award 2004 and 2007, and The South Asian Architecture Award for six times to name a few. He served as an international juror and attracted to media all around the world.