Editorial summary Awaiting the founder’s approval

Updated 31 October 2026

The lectures in the archive were given at the first public workshop on New Contextualism, in June 2023 (BRAC University 2023). Each has a record with a summary of its content as reported. Presentations elsewhere are listed after them, with the source that records each one. A presentation listed in a conference programme is marked as such: a programme listing does not by itself confirm that the presentation was given.

  1. 2023
    Case Studies of Successful New Contextual Projects: In Studios and Beyond

    Mohammad Zillur Rahman Workshop ‘Exploring New Contextualism: An Approach to Architecture and Urban Design’

    Lecture Rahman 2023
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  2. 2023
    Introduction to New Contextualism and its Principles

    Mohammad Habib Reza Workshop ‘Exploring New Contextualism: An Approach to Architecture and Urban Design’

    Lecture Reza 2023b
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  3. 2023
    New Contextual Approach in Global Practice

    Tanjina Khan Workshop ‘Exploring New Contextualism: An Approach to Architecture and Urban Design’

    Lecture Khan 2023
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  4. 2023
    Possibilities and Challenges of the New Contextual Approach

    Md Samiur Rahman Bhuiyan Workshop ‘Exploring New Contextualism: An Approach to Architecture and Urban Design’

    Lecture Bhuiyan 2023
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  5. 2023
    Understanding the Context and its Influence on Design Decisions

    S M Kaikobad Workshop ‘Exploring New Contextualism: An Approach to Architecture and Urban Design’

    Lecture Kaikobad 2023
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Other presentations by the founder, as listed in published sources

  • Introduction to New Contextualism and its Principles, Workshop ‘Exploring New Contextualism’, BRAC University, Dhaka10 June 2023 · BRAC University 2023
  • Preserving the Past, Designing for the Future (roundtable), 28th UIA World Congress of Architects, CopenhagenJuly 2023 · UIA World Congress of Architects 2023
  • Facilitator, ‘Exploring New Contextualism 2.0’, Department of Architecture, BRAC University, Dhaka17 February 2024 · Context BD 2024a
  • Sustainability, Equity and Heritage: Exploring New Contextualism in the heritage sites (listed in the programme), State Heritage Conference 2025, Fremantle, Western Australia13 May 2025 · Heritage Council of Western Australia 2025
  • Bengal Gupta Viharas: Did such a Phenomenon Exist?, Third International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, Prato, ItalyJuly 2008 · BRAC University n.d.a

Forthcoming lectures and seminars, when they are announced, are listed under Events.

Sources

New Contextualism

  1. BRAC University 2023BRAC University. 2023. “Daylong workshop and lecture sessions held on ‘Exploring New Contextualism: An Approach to Architecture and Urban Design’.” BRAC University News, June 21, 2023. https://www.bracu.ac.bd/news/daylong-workshop-and-lecture-sessions-held-exploring-new-contextualism-approach-architecture. Record

Documentary sources

  1. BRAC University n.d.aBRAC University. n.d.a. “Mohammad Habib Reza, PhD.” Faculty profile, BRAC University. Accessed October 19, 2026. https://www.bracu.ac.bd/node/1077. Record
  2. Context BD 2024aContext BD. 2024a. “Exploring New Contextualism 2.0: An Approach to Architecture and Urban Design.” Context BD (events). Accessed October 19, 2026. https://contextbd.com/events/event/exploring-new-contextualism-2-0-an-approach-to-architecture-and-urban-design/. Record
  3. Heritage Council of Western Australia 2025Heritage Council of Western Australia. 2025. “State Heritage Conference 2025: The Heritage Ecosystem. Program.” Government of Western Australia. Accessed October 31, 2026. https://www.wa.gov.au/system/files/2025-05/state-heritage-conference-2025-2.pdf. Record
  4. UIA World Congress of Architects 2023UIA World Congress of Architects. 2023. “Mohammad Habib Reza.” Speaker profile, 28th UIA World Congress of Architects, Copenhagen. Accessed October 19, 2026. https://uia2023cph.org/speaker/mohammad-habib-reza/. Record

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