Meet the founder

EK Nirjhar

Enamul karim Nirjhar is primarily an Architect whose work has been the recipient of various prestigious awards both National & International throughout the past few decades. His co-professions, or as he likes to acknowledge them; encompasses from being an award winning Photographer, a National Award winning Filmmaker, a poet, a prolific song-writer, painter & author. 

In the 70’s, he was engaged in discovering himself through painting, writing in daily newspapers etc. During the 80’s he was adding to his creative journey by practicing graphic design while being active in painting, photography, and making literary contributions in the acclaimed magazine “Unmad”; a source of inspiration for Enamul Karim Nirjhar was often from his involvement in various creative fields. In the 90’s, he introduced Jojon, an exhibition for his paintings and photography.

He primarily began practicing architecture and interiors for restaurants, commercial and residential purposes in the 00’s.

A wholehearted practitioner, a person with keen interest to always question conventional ideas, he is the founder & Principal Architect of SYSTEM Architects, one of the leading architecture design consultancy practices of Bangladesh.

He is also the founder of Noy Bochorer Boro. An initiation and a call for collaboration to Pay Forward to society inspired by the spirit of the Independence of Bangladesh brought forth by our Freedom Fighters.

Mr. Enamul Karim Nirjhar as a creative practitioner never confided in working within a fixed boundary. He is currently deeply rooted in practicing Architecture which is in harmony with nature and human emotions at his studio in Dhaka, Bangladesh while simultaneously leading Noy Bochorer Boro in order to establish a process to Pay Forward to society as well as our nation as a whole, while also continuously striving to engage our youth towards this vision in a pivotal effort to create a generation that accommodates and values ethics and high morale practices.