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With the right plants and fixtures, within six months, an entire wall of your balcony or terrace could turn green. Photos: Baganbari

Up against the wall: How vertical gardens are cooling Dhaka’s homes

Once the preserve of expensive hotels and corporate office lobbies, vertical gardens and green walls are slowly appearing on apartment balconies, rooftops, boundary walls, and even in living room...

Photo : Syed Zakir Hossain

Chummery, not Chameli: The misread history of a Dhaka landmark

Layered lighting transforms this living space into a refined visual anchor, where ceiling fixtures and soft ambient glow work together to shape mood and depth. Photo: Junaid Hasan Pranto

Statement lighting: Luminous anchor of the modern home

A woman relaxes with a book in her living room, which features a large, curated gallery wall of various canvas prints above the sofa.

Transforming spaces with modern abstract art prints

Photo: Collected

The one wall that can make or break your living room

A woman reads on a beige sofa in a bright, modern living room decorated with an eclectic gallery wall of different sized canvas prints.

Transform your living spaces with stunning canvas prints: A complete guide to style, personalisation, and modern wall art

Layered lighting, like this integrated handrail lighting strategy, enhances both safety and spatial quality and introduces a refined, contemporary detail. Photo: BDinterior

Choosing the perfect railing: A guide for modern duplex homes

The three-domed mosque sits in the garden of Musa Khan, embedded within a dense institutional fabric.

Musa Khan’s Mosque: A Mughal monument in the shadow of Curzon Hall

The NAAF Dormitory in Teknaf presents a minimalist white façade, its clean geometry and elongated form responding to the surrounding river landscape. Photos: Courtesy

NAAF Dormitory in Teknaf: A collaboration between simplicity and nature-embracing architecture

Greenery-filled outdoor seating at Pinewood Café shows how converted apartments in Bashundhara are being adapted into relaxed café spaces. Photo: Pinewood

From homes to hospitality: Dhaka’s quiet architectural transformation

In traditional houses above the verandas, there were sunbreakers—louvre-like elements—so that direct solar radiation could not enter. Photo: TBS

Rethinking Dhaka’s homes in an age of heatwaves

Sketch: TBS

How DBL Ceramics is rethinking tile waste through TileChalk

A seamless resin floor extends wall-to-wall without grout lines, enhancing spatial continuity while offering waterproof, mould-resistant performance suited to Bangladesh’s humid climate. Photo: Collected

How to incorporate resin in your home decor