Mohammad Saleh Uddin, "Badal" ( bn, মোহাম্মদ সালেহ উদদিন; born 6 November 1954) is a Bangladeshi architect, professor, author and artist. His books, published by

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and

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are widely used as graphical communication and design textbooks internationally. Some have been translated from English into Spanish and into

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. He is also the main architect of the

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scheduled to be built in Gulshan,

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in 2011, having won the international open design competition for it.

Early life and education

Born in

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, he was the third child, the oldest of two sons to parents Shamsuddin Ahmed

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and Fatema

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. After matriculation from the

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, he attended

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for a

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in architecture. He graduated

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(first position among other graduates) in 1981. Then he joined as a lecturer at his alma mater, eventually leaving it to pursue

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, United States. He graduated with a master's degree in

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. Finally he went to

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for a

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in computer representation from the

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. His PhD thesis was on

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's design of the

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Building.

Career

From 1988 to 1992, he was a professor of architecture at

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. He was the former

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from 1997 to 1999. Uddin was the graduate coordinator for the Department of Architectural Studies at the

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from 2000 to 2006. Later he founded the Department of Architecture at American International University – Bangladesh. Uddin has also been involved in

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initiatives. In July 2002, Uddin built his 4,000 sq ft home as the general contractor and designer and finished eight months later. The resulting structure was called "one of

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's most unique creations" by ''Columbia Home'' magazine.

Journal editor

He has served as the editor of the ''National Journal of the Design Communication Association''.

Awards

Uddin has been described by BRAC University as an eminent architect. Among the awards he has received are: * Honorable mention,

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(AIA) Missouri Design Awards 2005 * Innovator Award for Advancing Teaching with Technology Award 2004

* Jurors' Award of Excellence, American Society of Architectural Perspectivists, 1996 * Teacher of the Year Award for Architecture (1994–1995)

* Tau Sigma Delta Honors for academic excellence

Bibliography

;Books * * * *

References

External links

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