Architecture

Dr. M. A. Muktadir

Research Interests

• Climate Aspects of Buildings in the Tropics
• Environmental Technologies in Building Design

Educational Background

• Ph.D, (Architecture), University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
• Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch), (Architecture), University of Florida, USA
• Bachelor in Engineering (BEngg), (Civil), Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology, Dhaka

Honors and Achievements

• Member, Advisory Committee on Museum of Science and Technology, Government of People's Republic of Bangladesh, 1980
• Architectural Advisor, National Sports Control Board of Bangladesh, 1980
• Member, Board of Trustee, Dhaka Improvement Trust (DIT), 1977
• Member, Committee of Experts for Rural Housing Scheme,Ministry of Public Works and Urban Development, Government of Bangladesh, 1977

Publications

• SOCIOLOGICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES OF ARCHITECTURE AN INTRODUCTION, 2013
• AXIOMS ELEMENTS & PRINCIPLES OF ARCHITECTURE AN INTRODUCTION, 2012
• DESIGNING BUILDINGS IN THE TROPICS WITH ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES IN ARCHITECTURE, 2010
• Acoustics of the Assembly Chamber of Louis I. Khan's National Assembly Building in Dhaka; a paper published in the ENVIRONMENT, 1987
• Industrial Noise, a Case Study in Dhaka; a paper published in the Faculty Journal of BUET, Dhaka, 1987
• Traditional House-Form in Rural Bangladesh: A Case Study for Regionalism in Architecture; a paper presented in the 2nd Regional Seminar on Architecture and the Role of Architects in South Asia, held in Dhaka, December, 1985
• Perception of the Spatial Environment and its Design Implications; a paper presented to the Institute of Architects Bangladesh, 1984
• An Approach to Climatic Assessment for Designing Building Shells Against Airborne Moisture Penetration; a paper published in the BUET Technical Journal, Dhaka, 1983
• An Estimation of the Annual Material and Labour Inputs in the Rural Housing Sector of Bangladesh; a study conducted and report produced for the Planning Commission of Bangladesh, 1980
• Experimental Studies on Airflow Building Interactions in Urban Mass Housing Layouts in the warm-humid Tropics; a paper presented in third annual Bangladesh Science Conferance held in the University of Chittagong, 1978
• Wind Tunnel Investigations of Groups of Porous Buildings in Turbulent Flow; a paper published in the Edinburgh Architectural Research Journal (EAR), Scotland, 1975
• Wind Tunnel Investigations of Groups of Porous Buildings in Turbulent Flow; a paper published in the Edinburgh Architectural Research Journal (EAR), Scotland, 1975
• An Approach to the Investigation of Built-forms in Relation to Climate; a paper published in the EAR, Scotland, 1974