Friendship Centre
ফ্রেন্ডশিপ সেন্টার
An award-winning brick building sunk into the earth, designed by architect Marina Tabassum.
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The Friendship Centre is a training and community centre built for a development organisation working on the chars. Designed by Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabassum, it is set partly below ground behind an embankment to cope with floods, with brick courtyards, pools and planted roofs. The building won the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 2016. Architecture lovers come here specially, but it is little known to general travellers.
How to get there
On the outskirts of Gaibandha town; arrange your visit in advance and take an auto-rickshaw.
Good to know
It is a working facility; contact the organisation ahead to ask about visits or stays.
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