Parliament Building (Bangladesh)

Parliament Building of Bangladesh (Jatiyo Sangshad Bhaban, Bengali : জাতীয় সংসদ ভবন) was designed by the American architect Louis Kahn . It stands in thecapital Dhaka . It is the largest parliament building in the world.

The building is part of the Jatiyo Sangsad complex. This is 80 acres is too large and there are offices and houses for the MPs. These are grouped around an artificial lake.

In 1961 started the construction of the complex. Bangladesh was still a Pakistani state and the building was intended as a parliament for the whole of Pakistan.The building was finished in 1982 and then it was already independent Bangladesh. On February 15, the building was put into use. In 1989 the design was awarded the Aga Khan Award for Architecture .

Design [ Edit ]
The building is constructed of concrete interrupted by strips of marble and looks from the outside like a block of seemingly one floor. From the inside, however, is divided into several partitions which overlap each other horizontally and vertically. In the middle is the space where the parliament meets. This space is achthoeking and 35 meters high. At the top is a dome-shaped placed roof. On the side of the roof there are windows where indirect sunlight to enter. On the north side of the firm's president established. The total floor area is more than 10 acres .