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A Courthouse Apartment in Japandi Calm
Home Tour · Gulshan, Dhaka

A Courthouse Apartment in Japandi Calm

When a lawyer couple inherited 2,400 square feet of dark, formal rooms, they asked for light. Here's how we gave them quiet.

Nusrat Jahan · Lead StylistNovember 2, 2026 · 8 min readRead the tour
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