JBEGS Inaugural Issue 2026

Decolonising South Asian Built Environment: Exploring Contemporary Practices, Pedagogies & Dichotomous Socio-political Implications

Editorial

Tasleem Shakur, Imamur Hossain

Decolonising South Asian Built Environment: Exploring Contemporary Practices, Pedagogies & Dichotomous Socio-political Implications

Articles

Part 1: Deconstructing ‘Decolonisation of Architecture’

Nitya Bali

Navigating Change: Archival and Contemporary Insights into Old Delhi’s Urban Transformation

Nubras Samayeen

Have We Ever Been Decolonized?  A Retrospective on Bangladesh’s National Assembly Building Complex 

Pronoy Chowdhury, Sharfin Laila Alam Dristy, MD Akhiruzzaman Bin Altab

Contextualizing Modernism: Evaluating the Architectural Dichotomy in Bangladesh's Educational Buildings

Part 2: Scoping Contemporary Architectural Pedagogy and Practices

Haroon Ur Rashid, Amity Kundu

Post-Colonial Architectural Practice & Pedagogy in Bangladesh:  Reflecting Pre-Colonial Arts in Bengal & India

Asia Jabeen

Challenges in Decolonizing Architectural Practice and Pedagogy in the Post-Colonial Global South, with a Focus on Pakistan

Part 3: Emerging Dichotomous Political Implications

Aneela Yaseen

Between Modern and Traditional: Urban Planning in Postcolonial Cities-insights from Lahore

Sayeda Jafrina Nancy

Breaking Ground: Decoding and Reimagining Bangladesh's Built Environment Beyond Colonial Shadows

Imamur Hossain, Aneela Yaseen, Tasleem Shakur

Evolving Politics, Transforming Cultures, and Interrogating 'Modern Architecture': A Comparative Critical 60-Year Analysis of Doxiadis's Architectural Legacy within Bangladesh-Pakistan's Socio-Political Landscapes

Workshop Report

Methila Farjana

Workshop on “Challenges in Decolonising Architecture: Practices and Pedagogy in Decolonising Architecture”

Book Review

Apurva Sinha

Book Review: Bureaucratic Archeology, state, science and the past of post-colonial of India by Asish Avikunthak