Bangladesh National Parliament Building (জাতীয় সংসদ ভবন/Jatiyo Shangshod Bhaban) Like me, People who were born in Dhaka, and have been watching this building since their childhood, it’s an iconic structure to them. It took almost 20 years to complete this phenomenal superstructure. The national assembly building is situated in Sher-E-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka. It was originally designed by American architectural legend Luis I Kahn in the early 60’s and he died before his most brilliant work was completed. This parliament building is regarded as one of the most impressive modern architectural wonders, and it is one of the largest parliament buildings in the world. It takes different colours at different times of the day and it looks different from different angels. The whole structure is surrounded by a lake called crescent lake and the structure seems floating on the water. When the construction work of this building was started, the designer used the best technology available that time and he faced lots of difficulties while the construction. The main structure is covered by another outer structure having circular, triangular and rectangular openings. The whole structure has been made in such a way so that lights and air can easily enter the corridors. It is a 155 ft high 9 storied building but from outside it’s hard to detect. It has so many doors, windows and ventilators really difficult to count. The total length of the corridors is more than 40 km and the corridors are made in such a way it has become a maze, anybody could get lost in the building without a guide. The design has been included in the syllabus of top architecture institutes around the world.
Posted on: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 11:06:13 +0000
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