Robert G. Boughey

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Robert George Boughey (born June 20, 1936) is an American architect who has worked primarily in Dhaka and Bangkok. Born in Pennsylvania, he completed his Bachelor of Architecture from Pratt Institute in New York in 1959, after which he worked for Louis Berger, Inc., overseeing its projects in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) and Thailand. [1] In 1962, he began teaching at the newly established architecture program of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. [2] He received a Diploma in Tropical Studies from AA School of Architecture in London in 1967, and worked as a research professor of architecture at Pratt institute, before settling in Bangkok in 1973, where he established the firm Robert G. Boughey and Associates. [3] [4] [5] He is regarded as a member of the pioneering generation of architects in Thailand who saw the field's development into an institutionalized profession. [6]

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References

  1. Tasmia, Fatema; Riyaad, Mahmudul Anwar (October 26, 2021). "Sensitivity Towards Context and Climate: An Understanding of Robert G. Boughey's Architectural Works in Bangladesh". Journal of Architecture. 18 (1). Department of Architecture BUET: 31–49. ISSN   2789-4193.
  2. "An architectural marvel in Dhaka". The Asian Age. September 17, 2016. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
  3. "Biography". RGB Architects. Archived from the original on July 1, 2016.
  4. "A&D Awards brings the best of the A&D Trophy Awards and A&D China Awards". Archived from the original on January 31, 2013.
  5. "Robert G. Boughey". UNESCO Bangkok. Archived from the original on April 16, 2013.
  6. Watanyakul, Prapakorn, ed. (2010). "Robert G. Boughey". Khui kap sathāpanik tonbǣpคุยกับสถาปนิกต้นแบบ. Conversations with Architects Series (in Thai and English). Bangkok: Li-Zenn Publishing. ISBN   978-616-7191-11-9.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "List of Modern Heritage Sites in Bangladesh" (PDF). Institute of Architects Bangladesh. November 2022.
  8. Cate, Sandra (2003). Making merit, making art : a Thai temple in Wimbledon. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. p. 140. ISBN   978-0-8248-6345-6. In Bangkok in 1995, ... at the Siam Commercial Bank's headquarters, a futuristic turquoise and gold complex in the suburbs of Bangkok designed by the American architect Robert Boughey.
  9. Lam, Melissa (Spring 2009). "A Letter from Bangkok". Vie des Arts. 52 (214): 16. ISSN   0042-5435. Designed by Bangkok architectural firm Robert Boughey & Associates, the new [Bangkok Art and Culture] Centre is housed in a twelve-floor atrium-style edifice with a cork-screw ascending ramp in a salutary homage to New York's Guggenheim Museum.

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