Robert G. Boughey Explained

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]

Notable works

• National Museum of Bangladesh, Dhaka
• Kamalapur Railway Station, Dhaka, 1961–64
• Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka
  • Shaheed Suhrawardi Hall
  • Sher-e-Bangla Hall
  • Titumir Hall, 1962-1964
  • Gymnasium, 1964
  • Academic Building, Department of Civil Engineering, 1965^[7]
• Priests and Seminarians Residence, Notre Dame College, Dhaka, 1963-1964
• Saint Joseph Higher Secondary School, Dhaka, 1963-1964
• Holy Family Hospital's sisters' Hostel, Dhaka, 1963-1965
• Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok, 1965–66
• Don Mueang International Airport Domestic Terminal, Bangkok, 1982
• Bank of America, Bangkok
• Diethelm Towers, Bangkok
• SCB Park Plaza, Bangkok^[8]
• The Boughey Residence, Bangkok
• Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Bangkok^[9]

Further reading

• Book: Hoskin . John . Bangkok by Design: Architectural Diversity in the City of Angels . 1995 . Post Books . Bangkok . 974202037X . 34–38 . Architect's Profile: Robert G. Boughey.
• Vongkulbhisal . Supasai . Than Samai in Modern Thai Architecture: Case Studies of Crypto-colonialism . The Story of Robert G. Boughey and His Works . 83–108 . PhD thesis . University of Washington . 2022 . 1773/48452 .

Notes and References

1. Tasmia . Fatema . Riyaad . Mahmudul Anwar . Sensitivity Towards Context and Climate: An Understanding of Robert G. Boughey's Architectural Works in Bangladesh . Journal of Architecture . 26 October 2021 . 18 . 1 . 31–49 . Department of Architecture BUET . en . 2789-4193.
2. Web site: An architectural marvel in Dhaka . The Asian Age . 24 March 2023 . en . 17 September 2016.
3. Web site: Biography . RGB Architects . https://web.archive.org/web/20160701144937/http://www.rgbarchitects.com/rgb_biog.htm . 2016-07-01.
4. Web site: A&D Awards brings the best of the A&D Trophy Awards and A&D China Awards . https://archive.today/20130131042633/http://www.perspectiveglobal.com/pa_website/09-judges-panel.html . 2013-01-31.
5. Web site: Robert G. Boughey . UNESCO Bangkok . https://archive.today/20130416022639/http://www.unescobkk.org/culture/world-heritage-and-immovable-heritage/asia-pacific-heritage-awards-for-culture-heritage-conservation/biographies/robert-boughey/ . 16 April 2013.
6. Book: Watanyakul . Prapakorn . Khui kap sathāpanik tonbǣp . th:คุยกับสถาปนิกต้นแบบ . Conversations with Architects Series . 2010 . Li-Zenn Publishing . Bangkok . 978-616-7191-11-9 . th,en . Robert G. Boughey.
7. Web site: List of Modern Heritage Sites in Bangladesh . Institute of Architects Bangladesh . November 2022.
8. Book: Cate . Sandra . Making merit, making art : a Thai temple in Wimbledon . 2003 . University of Hawaii Press . Honolulu . 978-0-8248-6345-6 . 140 . 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 . 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..