Abu Sayeed M Ahmed
Abu Sayeed Mostaque Ahmed is an architect and architectural conservation specialist from Bangladesh.
Career
Ahmed passed the SSC exam from Comilla District School in 1974 and HSC exam from Comilla Victoria College in 1976. Later, he was admitted to the architecture department of Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology. He obtained a Bachelor of Architecture degree from there. After four years of service at the ECBL consultancy firm, he moved to Germany to do a master's degree. There he passed his M.Arch from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and PhD from the same university.Ahmed served as the president of Institute of Architects Bangladesh for its 21st Executive Council. and President of Architects Regional Council of Asia for 2021-22.
Ahmed is the dean of the School of Environmental Science and Design and Head of the Department of Architecture in University of Asia Pacific.
Notable conservation works
- Conservation and Adaptive reuse of Nimtali Deuri: first colonial building in Dhaka, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh
- Restoration of Baro Sarder Bari, Sonargaon, National Folk Art Museum, Ministry of Cultural Affairs of Bangladesh, funded by Yungoon Corporation Korea.
- Restoration of a Mughal mosque at Keranigonj, funded by Nasrul Hamid Foundation
- Restoration of Varendra Research Museum, Rajshahi University, funded by US Embassy Dhaka.
- Documentation of Brick Temple at Wari Vateshwar, Norsingdi, an excavation Project of Jahangirnagar University.
- Restoration work of a Kachari Bari at Mithamoin, Kishorgonj, which was converted into Museum of Independence.
- Restoration of Dhaka Gate
- Restoration of Northbrook hall
Books
- Ahmed, Abu Sayeed M, The Choto Sona Mosque-an Example of Early Islamic Architecture in Bengal, ifb-uni- Karlsruhe, Germany
- Ahmed, Abu Sayeed M, Sea Level Rise & Sustainable Coastal Management, UAP, Dhaka
- Ahmed, Abu Sayeed M, Mosque Architecture in Bangladesh, UNESCO, Dhaka. This book was Awarded by UIA in the category "Best Publication" in 2018 at Baku Azerbaijan.
- Ahmed, Abu Sayeed M, IAB Centre Design Award, Institute of Architects Bangladesh, Dhaka
- Ahmed, Abu Sayeed M, ARCASIA Heritage, Volume I & II, Dhaka
- Ahmed, Abu Sayeed M, Unfolding the Past: Conservation of Baro Sarder Bari at Sonargaon, Dhaka