About the Author

Rafiq Azam is the founding architect of 'Shattoto', an international architecture firm based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Also a respected lecturer and painter, he was a finalist twice for the Aga Khan Award and a repeat winner of the World Architecture Community Award. Rosa Maria Falvo is a writer and curator, and Skira's international commissions editor, specializing in Asian contemporary art and photography. Kerry Hill is an acclaimed Australian architect and an influential figure in South East Asia, completing some of the most ambitious projects in this region. Kazi Khaled Ashraf is a Bangladeshi architect and historian, based at the University of Hawaii. Philip Goad is a professor of architecture and deputy dean of Architecture, Building and Planning at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Syed Manzoorul Islam is a Bangladeshi writer and professor of English at the University of Dhaka.