NATIONAL LEGISLATURE

This imposing concrete building centered in a 80 ha park makes the inhabitants of the capital proud. You will often be asked whether you visited Jatiyo Sangshad Bhaban, the National Parliament. As a result, as a symbol of Bangladesh democracy, it is also the only major architectural work built in Dhaka since independence.

The Pakistani government seeking to calm the secessionist the wants to make Dhaka a second capital. He commissionne the famous American architect Louis Kahn and the works began in 1961. The work interrupted during the war of Independence in 1971 and finally ended in 1982. It will have taken 20 years to complete this huge project and endow Bangladesh with a modern, even futuristic assembly.

Through simple lines and simple geometrical shapes, Kahn sought to symbolize Bengal's culture and heritage. There are basins surrounding the main building, in which it reflects the 700 rivers in the country.

The complex also includes a series of houses for parliamentarians, as well as sports grounds.