I see no one else is up to ask another one... May be scared of their knowledge? ;) Well... if you are a proud Bengali/Bangali you should learn/know your roots! anyway... this one is easy guys! you should get it in seconds! here it is then...


QuizTime: There is a structure in Bangladesh known as one of the great monuments of International Modernism around the world, which one is it?



There are hundreds of great modern monuments in Bangladesh. Sritishoudho in Savar, Couple new and old ones in Dhaka University campus. Gazipur, in CTG, Khulna, Rajshashi, many more in dhaka and all over the country. so which one is it? i am not going to name any its for you to findout! And while googling or doing your search list everything interesting that you find.........

Hint: this structure was shown towards the end given outmost importance in one of the Hollywood film and that movie was nominated for Oscar!! you think you got it? lets see....

Is this the Shanshad Bhaban? I guess it is!

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Yes! It was Louis Kahn's most famous structure "Shangshad Bhaban". It is called a monument is most of the artchitectural writings. It was featured in the doc film "My Architect" given most importance, which was also nominated for Oscar.

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mehdianis bhai, i am not here to teach you any history lesson of any kind. my mere intension was to share this info i came across. but i'll still reply to this to broden your narrow view about Bangladesh. If you like to find here- there stuff to critisize, plz get exported to BD and do it there. you'll find enough so called Buddijibi like you there.

sadly you missed the whole point. I was noway at all trying to prove that it is a monument. There are people who may do it for you. but just being a patriot i'll defend your intension to put down Bangladesh. be wise buddy and get real. I hope you are not involved with thosee anti Bangladesh campaign groups. it woun't help much. BD will go on.


here are the info may help you but ultimate help may come from god.
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"Jatiyo Sangshad Bhaban (National Assembly Building) in (The capital and largest city of Bangladesh) Dhaka, (A Muslim republic in southern Asia bordered by India to the north and west and east and the Bay of Bengal to the south; formerly part of India and then part of Pakistan; it achieved independence in 1971) Bangladesh (1962–1974), considered to be his masterpiece and one of the great monuments of International Modernism."

- Absolute Ashtronomy

http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/enc...had_bhaban.htm
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"Bangladesh National Assembly
(1982) Dhaka, Bangladesh

gned to be built using local construction techniques, the locals kept building nine years after Kahn's death. What they ended up with was a place like no other, as good a monument to Kahn and Bangladesh as anyone could ever hope."

Mentioned in the Book
Louis I. Kahn: Complete Works

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"Bangladesh got from Kahn one of the most distinctive and memorable, and architecturally creative capitols in the world. It's a work that was outside of the mainstream of fashion in its time and, perhaps for that reason, it not going to be dated but seems timeless. Its future as an architectural monument is secure."

- Daily Star, Dhaka

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also read the following book in the article

"Architectural Culture in the Fifties: Louis Kahn and the National Assembly Complex in Dhaka, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, December 1993."

where she talks about Dhaka Capital Complex

Monumental Modernism: The Postwar Challenge
by Sarah Williams, Harvard University


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You can learn more:

http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildi...y_in_Dacc.html

http://www.architectureweek.com/2004...lture_3-1.html