Inspiration from ‘Art deco’

Inspiration from ‘Art deco’

An American friend of the owner’s family once described the architecture style of the house as Art Deco homes of the 1940s and 1950s and indeed the style is very recognizable and distinctive among the houses built in Dhaka at the time and during the 1960s. However, since the house was designed by Syed Gholam Kabir in collaboration with civil engineers, it makes one curious as to how those stylistic influences were adapted in the design of the house.

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The project “Hidden Heritage: Homes in Dhaka” forms part of a larger research framework on “Silent Heritage: Buildings in Bangladesh” focusing on homes and other significant buildings, from the rural to the urban, and from the Mughal to the Modern.




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Dhaka, Bangladesh