Residential — 2023

Lalmatia Townhouse

Lalmatia, Dhaka

A 1968 townhouse restored for its third generation of the same family.

Area

3,800 sq ft

Completed

December 2023

Built

1968

Listed

Locally significant

Scope

Restoration, structural liaison, interiors

Duration

16 months

Studio team

Nusrat Jahan, Sabbir Rahman

Mosaic floors were lifted, catalogued and relaid. The original terrazzo stair survived untouched.

New work is honest about being new: oak, steel, plaster, no pastiche.

A rear extension gives the family a kitchen that finally fits everyone at Eid.

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“They treated a family house like an heirloom, not a project.”

Client — Lalmatia Townhouse