Khondaker Hasibul Kabir, Lecturer, Department of Architecture, delivered a lecture on 'Architects (role) in Housing and Development', which was organized by a study group of architects at Dhanmondi, Dhaka on February 20, 2007. The audience was mostly practicing architects, students of architecture, artists and social workers. The lecture was focused on architects' traditional role, other professional in development, alternative role models in housing and development and how the Department of Architecture, BRAC University is trying to balance the contemporary need of development through developing appropriate courses. Later he shared the research outcome of 'Dynamic Vernacular: Spaces in the Homesteads of the Ultra Poor', an ongoing joint research done by the Department of Architecture, BRAC University and Research and Evaluation Division, BRAC. The lecture was followed by a discussion.