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Mohammad Foyez Ullah
Bangladeshi architect (born 1967) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mohammad Foyez Ullah (Bengali: মোহাম্মদ ফয়েজ উল্লাহ, born 1 January 1967) is a Bangladeshi architect.[1] He is the founder and principal architect of VOLUMEZERO Limited,[2] and also co-founded Vistara Architects. He began his career in academia as an assistant professor in the Department of Architecture at BUET, from 1994 to 1998.[citation needed]
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Eventually, he moved towards professional architectural practice as a designer and an entrepreneur in related fields.[3]
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Early life, education and career
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Mohammad Foyez Ullah was born on 1 January 1967 in Dhaka, East Pakistan, to AKM Woliullah, a government service holder and entrepreneur, and Sultana Begum, a homemaker. Foyez received his Bachelor of Architecture degree in 1993 and a Masters of Architecture in 1997 from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). In the following year, he went back to BUET and taught there until 1998. He continued to be an educator in architectural schools across the country from BRAC University, North South University, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology to the University of Asia Pacific.[4][3]
Foyez co-founded Vistaara Architects in 1994 and after more than a decade of partnership with Vistaara, he founded Volumezero Limited in 2008.[2] His early designed projects include Bashundhara City,[5][6] which was the largest mall in South Asia and 3rd largest in the world when it was opened to the public on 6 August 2003.[7][8] It was a mixed-use retail development and received the Superbrand status in 2009.[9] Some of his early projects are UTC, The Westin Dhaka, PICL Bhaban and Shanta Western Tower, and Grameenphone Corporate Headquarters,[10][5] (GP House).
Foyez is also known as a Green Building designer. The U.S. Green Building Council has accredited LEED Gold certification to various projects designed and built by Foyez's practice, such as Simpletree Anarkali, Shahjalal Islami Bank Corp Headquarters, and Simpletree Lighthouse.[11][12][13][14][excessive citations] Foyez is an editorial committee member of the Fire Safety and Protection section of the Bangladesh National Building Code (BNBC).[15][16] He is also an advisor of the monthly showcase, which is an art and architecture magazine of Bangladesh.[17]
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Books
- Foyez Ullah: Dhaka's Tropical Expressive Architecture, a book published by Oscar Riera Ojeda Publishers. This book shows how Foyez's architecture has contributed to society and people.[18]
Early projects
Bashundhara City
The Westin Dhaka
Bashundhara City
The mall Bashundhara City is located at Panthapath, Dhaka, and was opened to the public on 6 August 2004. The building complex is 19 stories tall and covers an area of 17,763 square meters. It is one of the largest shopping malls in South Asia. The mall has space for 2,325 retail stores and cafeterias, a gymnasium, a cinema hall, a penthouse food court, an ice skating rink, a theme park, a fitness club, and a swimming pool. It also includes the 19-story corporate offices of the Bashundhara Group.[19]
Grameenphone corporate headquarters
Grameenphone's corporate headquarters (known as "GP House") is located at Bashundhara R/A, Dhaka and was formally inaugurated on 23 November 2010. GP House is considered one of the most successful office buildings in Bangladesh.[20]
The Westin Dhaka
The Westin Dhaka is a Westin Hotel located at Gulshan Avenue in Dhaka. It is one of the tallest hotels in Bangladesh. It has 29 floors and was completed in 2006.[21]
Major projects (2008–present)
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ICCB
Cox's Bazar Railway Station
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Bashundhara Sports Complex
The Bashundhara Sports Complex is a sports complex including a football stadium of Bashundhara Kings Arena.[22] It is the largest sports complex in Bangladesh, with a total land area of 300 bigha (100 acres).[23][24][25][26][27][excessive citations]
Cox's Bazar Railway Station
Located near the bus terminal of Cox's Bazar, Cox’s Bazar Railway Station is an iconic six-story landmark. Its oyster-shaped design holds symbolic significance related to Cox's Bazar Beach.[28][29]
Simpletree Lighthouse
Simpletree Lighthouse is a fourteen-story commercial building. It was certified LEED Gold on 12 July 2021, for core and shell.[30]
Mika Cornerstone
Mika Cornerstone Complex, completed in 2015, is in Uttara, Dhaka. It is one of the tallest buildings in the area.[citation needed]
Akij House
Akij House is the headquarters of one of the largest Bangladeshi industrial conglomerates.[31] It is located beside Tejgaon Gulshan Link Road. The design goal for the Akij House was to create an architectural piece that would reflect the Akij Group's corporate vision.[32]
Sheraton Dhaka
A hotel by Marriott International, Sheraton Dhaka is located in Dhaka. Its architectural design was inspired by omni-directionality.[33]
Shahjalal Islami Bank Corp. Headquarters
It is the head office of Shahjalal Islami Bank Corp. This building was LEED Gold certified on 6 February 2019.[13]
Simpletree Anarkali
This project is the first LEED-certified core and shell project in Bangladesh. It stands fourteen stories above ground with three basement levels and 143,189 square feet of gross usable space. In terms of energy consumption, the building system achieves a 12.57% reduction in energy cost.[12]
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Awards
- Six National Board of Revenue (NBR) Awards to be listed as the highest tax-paying architect in Bangladesh from 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023.[34][35][36]
- Bangladesh Television National TV Debate Champion, represented Suhrawardy Hall Debate Team, BUET, 1990.[citation needed]
- Ahsanur Rahman Gold Medal for the Masters of Architecture, from BUET in 1997.[citation needed]
- IAB Design Award for design excellence in Multi-Family Housing,1998.[37]
- Citation Award-winning entry, organized by IAB and PICL Authority in 1998.
- Berger Excellence in Architecture Award[38] for designing Peoples Insurance Bhaban, 2007.[39]
- Global Brand Excellence Award, 2007.[40]
- Honourable Mention for Designing Liberation War Museum, Dhaka, November 2009.
- Holcim Green Built Award for designing Grameenphone Corporate Headquarters (GPHouse), 2010.[41]
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Personal life
After graduation in 1993, he married Morsheda Nasmeen, who formerly worked for BRAC until 1995 and later joined and co-founded the same enterprises as Foyez.
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