September 5, 2026 - TheStatement24

Architects have called for greater emphasis on sustainable, energy-efficient and worker-friendly design in Bangladesh’s textile and garment factories, saying industrial architecture should go beyond production capacity to ensure workers’ safety, comfort and well-being while improving the long-term performance of factory buildings.They made the remarks at a seminar titled “Architectural Trends in the Textile Industry” held today (Friday) at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Exhibition Centre (BCFEC) in Purbachal, Dhaka, as part of the ongoing 25th Textile Series of Exhibitions 2026.The seminar was organised by CEMS-Global and held in collaboration with ARCHICONNECT.Architect Dr Afroze Ahmed, Chairman and Co-founder of ARCHICONNECT, moderated the session. The speakers included Arch...

Very few modern jobs involve working on one thing at a time these days. A typical work morning now consists of keeping a spreadsheet open next to a client email, squeezing in a zoom call in the corner and refreshing your inbox every five minutes. Let's also not forget the countless tabs that you keep opened in your browser, half of which you have forgotten why you had opened in the first place. This is what office work looks like now, and most of our older and smaller screens weren't exactly built for all this. A single 24-inch monitor can only do so much. You either have to choose between different windows, or shrink each one until the text is a squint away from unreadable. This constant switching in the middle of work disrupts concentration and makes us lose focus. On the other hand, h...

Day: September 5, 2026

Architects call for sustainable, human-centric design in Bangladesh’s textile industry

Modern productivity demands better screens