The Knowledge Resources Centre of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) in Washington DC has donated 35 boxes of books, journal, and periodicals to the Department of Architecture. They have also paid for the air freight and handling charges of the entire consignment. The process of this donation was initiated by Mohammed Yousuf Biswas a Bangladeshi Architect working in Washington and made possible through Dr. Richard Hayes, Managing Director of the Knowledge Resources Centre. The consignment reached Dhaka on June 30, 2005