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A city changes how we live. A home should change with it. Dhaka moves fast. Our days are longer, our families are more connected and our lives are more varied than a generation ago. Many of us work from home some days. Parents live with us or visit often. Children need space to study, play and grow. And through all of it, we still want the same thing at the end of the day: a place that feels calm, open and our own.
Too many homes in the city are still designed for a way of life that no longer exists. At ACE Developers, we believe contemporary urban living should begin with how people actually live now.
Beyond four walls
For a long time, a city apartment was judged by a short list: the number of bedrooms, the square footage and the floor. Those things still matter. They no longer tell the whole story.
A contemporary home is judged by how it feels:
1. Does morning light reach the rooms where you spend your time?
2. Does the breeze move through the home, or does it stay still?
3. Is there somewhere to step outside, sit quietly or bring people together?
4. Does the building take care of the small things, so you don't have to?
We design every ACE home around these questions.
Designed around light and air
In a dense city, light and air are rare. We treat them as essentials. Many of our homes place bedrooms at the corners of the building, so they catch light and breeze from more than one side. Where the land allows, we design for cross-ventilation, which keeps homes naturally cooler and fresher through the year. At ACE Island, every home is open on all four sides and looks out over the lake. At ACE Aimar and ACE Noela, each family has a full floor to itself, with no shared walls and no neighbours across the corridor.
Good design doesn't try to beat the climate. It works with it.
An arrival that feels like home
The way you arrive home sets the tone for everything after it.
That's why our buildings open with double-height entrances and welcoming reception spaces, not narrow lobbies. There are chauffeur waiting areas, so drivers have a proper place to rest. Arrival should feel calm and considered, for residents, for guests, and for everyone who helps a household run.
Space to live beyond the apartment
Urban living shouldn't stop at your front door. The best buildings give families more space than their homes alone can hold.
Across our projects, that means:
1. Rooftop gardens and leisure zones for evening walks, quiet mornings and family gatherings
2. Fitness spaces in the building, so staying well doesn't need a drive across the city
3. Multipurpose halls for celebrations, meetings, study or play
4. A lake-facing pool at ACE Island and a rooftop pool at ACE 300'
These are shared spaces where neighbours become a community.
Ready for how we'll live tomorrow
A new standard means thinking beyond today. Our buildings are designed for the way the city is changing:
1. EV charging points, ready for the move to electric cars
2. Solar panels that bring cleaner energy into daily life
3. Reticulated gas for safer, uninterrupted supply
4. Full power backup, so life doesn't stop when the grid does
5. Comprehensive fire safety and 24/7 CCTV, so peace of mind is built in
The best technology is the kind you rarely have to think about.
Built on the right ground
Every one of these ideas depends on a single decision made before design begins: where to build.
We build only on land we own, in planned neighbourhoods with good roads, green space and room to grow: Bashundhara Residential Area and Jolshiri Abashon. Contemporary living needs a contemporary city around it, and these neighbourhoods offer exactly that.
And beyond home: a new kind of city centre
Urban living also happens outside the home, in the places where we work, shop, eat and meet. The Opal by ACE brings that thinking to Bashundhara's commercial life. It has open courtyards, generous spaces and a mix of retail, dining, workplaces and lifestyle, all within reach of the families who live around it.
A neighbourhood is complete only when everyday life can happen close to home.
What "a new standard" really means
For us, a new standard isn't about marble or chandeliers. It's about getting the fundamentals right, and then going a step further:
1. Light in every room that matters
2. Air that moves through the home
3. Space to gather, grow and breathe
4. Care built into every detail
5. Ground chosen for the long term
That is the kind of home the city deserves, and it's the kind of home we build.
Life Belongs Here.
Discover contemporary urban living with ACE. Call 09 606 135 135 or visit ace.com.bd.
