OLD DHAKA — On the narrowest street of the old city, where conch-shell artisans have hammered for 300 years, scaffolding now wraps five crumbling mansions — the first batch of a landmark restoration of Shakhari Bazar.
The project pairs RAJUK engineers with hereditary craftsmen, using original lime-surki mortar, Burmese teak and encaustic tiles salvaged from demolished homes. 'We are not renovating. We are healing,' said conservation architect Dr. Abu Sayeed.
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