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Architects, outstanding projects honored at Delta Award for architecture
Didarul Islam Bhuiyan named Architect of the Year; late Raziul Ahsan Khandaker receives lifetime achievement award
Daily Sun Report, Dhaka
Published: 11 Nov 2026, 09:24 AM
Photo: Collected
Architects and outstanding architectural projects across Bangladesh have been honoured at the Delta Award for Architecture, recognising excellence in sustainable, climate-resilient and context-sensitive design.
The award ceremony was held at the International Convention City Bashundhara (ICCB) in Dhaka on Tuesday, with honours presented in several categories.
Under the Delta Sustainability and Resilience Award, Jubair Hasan Architects won for Kobita Kunjo and Perceive for Rupgaon. Roofliners_Studio of Architecture received an honourable mention for Interim House.
In the Delta Contextual and Social Impact category, Indigenous won for Meer Manzil, while FORM.3 Architects received the award for Chawk Bazar Public Spaces & Park.
Honourable mentions went to Atelier Robin Architects for ARA's Office in Hazaribagh, Stha-Kalpa Architects for Stha-Kalpa Office, DWm4 Architects for Al Falah Jame Mosque, and Tarique Hasan and Associates Ltd for RAJUK Kancha Bazaar.
Architect Md Didarul Islam Bhuiyan was named Delta Architect of the Year, while the late architect Raziul Ahsan Khandaker received the Delta Lifetime Achievement Award posthumously for his contributions to architecture in Bangladesh.
In the Delta Architectural Scholar Award category, Dr Adnan Zillur Morshed won for his book Shamsul Wares: An Architecture of Elemental Modernism. Honourable mentions went to Dr Mahbubur Rahman for Old But New: New But Old and Dr Catherine Daisy Gomes for Disaster Resilient Modular CORE Shelters of Ethnic Communities in the Chittagong Hill Tracts Area.
An independent five-member jury evaluated the architectural projects, while a separate three-member panel assessed the scholarly submissions.
The awards will be followed by the Delta Festival of Architecture 2026 at ICCB from 12 to 14 November. The three-day event will feature masterclasses, panel discussions, project presentations and exhibitions of architectural books and projects.
ARCHICONNECT and Conference and Exhibition Management Services (CEMS-Global) are jointly organising the awards and festival. The 31st Build Bangladesh International Expo 2026 is hosting the initiative, with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) as strategic partner.