Syed Mainul Hossain

Syed Mainul Hossain (5 May 1952 – 10 November 2014) was a Bangladeshi structural engineer and architect. He is the designer of the National Martyrs' Memorial, one of the national landmarks of Bangladesh.^[2] He was posthumously awarded the Independence Day Award in 2022.^[3]

Syed Mainul Hossain
সৈয়দ মাইনুল হোসেন
Hossain in 2006
Born	(1952-05-05)5 May 1952 Munshiganj (Formerly- Bikrampur), Dhaka, East Pakistan, Dominion of Pakistan
Died	10 November 2014(2014-11-10) (aged 62) Dhaka, Bangladesh
Resting place	Martyred Intellectuals Memorial Mirpur, Dhaka
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Education	Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
Children	Syeda Tahrima Hossain Bidita Syeda Tanzina Hossain Amrita [1]
Parents	Syed Mujibul Haq (father) Syeda Rashida Haq (mother)
Engineering career
Discipline	Architectural, civil, structural
Significant design	National Martyrs' Memorial, Bangladesh National Museum
Awards	Ekushey Padak (1988) Sheltech Award (2007) Independence Award (2022)

List of buildings

Mainul, next to the National Memorial, a structure he designed himself

Bangladesh National Museum designed by Hossain

Buildings on which Hossain was involved with design include:

• National Martyrs' Memorial (1978)
• Bangladesh National Museum (1982)
• Vocational teacher training institute and vocational training institute (1977)
• Bangladesh Bar Council Building (1978)
• Chittagong Export Processing Zone's office building (1980)
• Shilpakala Academy auditorium
• Uttara Model Town (Residential Project) (1985)

Awards and recognition

• Ekushey Padak (1988)
• Sheltech Award (2007)
• Independence Day Award (2022)^[4]

Death

Hossain died of a heart attack on 10 November 2014 at the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases in Dhaka, at the age of 63.^[5] He was buried at the Martyred Intellectuals Memorial in Mirpur.^[6]