Dr.Q M Mahtab-uz-Zaman, Assistant Professor and Mr. A Q M Abdullah, Lecturer, Department of Architecture, BU attended the First International Tropical Architecture Conference 2004 in Singapore on February 26-28, 2004. A total of 150 delegates from 30 countries attended the conference. The two faculty members from BRAC University were the only participants from South Asia in the conference. They presented a paper: "In search for a Habitable Urban Space-built Ratio: A Case Study of Building and Planning Regulation in Dhaka City", jointly authored by Q M Mahtab-uz-Zaman, Jalal Ahmed, Fuad H Mallick and A Q M Abdullah. The delegates of the conference enthusiastically interacted with the presenters from BU and were delighted to learn about the new university in Bangladesh.