Introduction by Aaron Betsky 
Photography by Claudio Manzoni
Edited by Oscar Riera Ojeda

Mohammad Foyez Ullah of Dhaka, Bangladesh, the founder of the award-winning architectural firm Volumezero, is a man who is at the pinnacle of the architectural profession in his own country. His architecture is recognizable for its pure, austere qualities and notable for its dignity and restraint. Volumezero is the largest architectural firm in Dhaka and continues the tradition of brick and concrete modernism brought to the country by Louis Kahn in the design of apartment buildings and residential compounds whose scale, intricacy, and fluidity respond to the realities of the city’s climate and culture. With great skill, they are able to translate the demands of the local environment into moments of beautifully articulated order in a chaotic urban environment of over twenty million people. Living in Dhaka explores how Foyez Ullah and his firm interact with the iconic city to produce stunning works of architecture.

Foyez Ullah
Living in Dhaka

Book Size: 9 x 9 in / 228.6mm x 228.6mm
Format: Square
Pages: 432
Language: English
Edition: Hardcover in Slipcase (978-1-964490-01-4)

//“Open to their subtropical environment and shaded from the intensity of Dhaka’s urban life, Foyez Ullah’s residential structures are clearly articulated havens for living.”

“Foyez Ullah’s style has been hailed as a philosophy that responds to the socio-economic and tropical context of Dhaka, he makes projects whose scale, intricacy, and fluidity are tailored to the realities of the city’s climate and culture.”

“Good architecture is the creation of a need ... I believe the future of architectural expressionism in Bangladesh hinges on the creation of many such needs.” —Mohammad Foyez Ullah