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Office blocks are separated from the National Assembly complex by a man-made lake. National Assembly Building, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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National Assembly Building, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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National Assembly Building, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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National Assembly Building, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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Exterior view, National Assembly Building, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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Interior corridors surround the main hall; the geometry of the Assembly is consistent with Kahn's rationalistic design principles. National Assembly Building, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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National Assembly Building
Award Cycle: 1987-1989 Cycle
Status: Award Recipient
Country of origin: Bangladesh
Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Client: Bangladesh Public Works Department
Architect: Louis I. Kahn, with David Wisdom and Associates (after 1979)
Size: 3'400'000 m²
Completed: 1983
Clear in form and composition, powerful in scale and siting, this building is widely considered a masterpiece. The architect drew upon and assimilated both the vernacular and monumental archetypes of the region, and abstracted and transformed, to a degree of utter purity, lasting architectural ideas from many eras and civilisations. The core of the composition is the assembly chamber, a 300-seat, 30-meters high, domed amphitheatre and the library. These spaces alternate among eight light and air courts" and a restaurant, as well as entrances to the garden and mosque.