This issue, last under the present Editorial Board, has five articles covering the streams of Human Settlement, Energy and Environment. Three of which are based on completed MArch dissertations at the Department of Architecture, BUET. All five articles, in one way or another, address the social dimensions of housing, with variations in content and methodology, and most importantly focus on issues previously unaddressed in Bangladesh.

In the lead article Dr Catherine Daisy Gomes explores gender-specific organisation (segregation) and the use of domestic spaces in contemporary Middle-Income Group (MIG) apartments in Dhaka that has undergone a transformation process due to the socio-economic changes of recent times.

Zareen Habiba Islam looks at the role of shared spaces within contemporary real estate apartments in Dhanmondi Residential Area of Dhaka, based on users' adaptation for social interaction by comparing two assessments separated by seven years.

Sultana Zakia Rahman investigates the nature and extent of negotiation of domestic spaces faced by women of a specific low-income occupational group, with mixed ethnicities; and looks at the roles played by the physical environment in slums in addressing women's practical gender needs.

Dr Md. Ashikur Rahman Joarder and Md Nahid Iqbal compare the results of Static and Dynamic Daylight Simulations to support Architectural Decision-Making in the context of Dhaka. They also present a general methodology for decision making regarding daylight design elements with both static and dynamic daylight methods.

Syma Haque Trisha presents a simulation study of assessing the luminous performance of most commonly used shading devices in tall office buildings of Dhaka.