Ashraf has recently established an international publication series called Locations: Anthology of Architecture and Urbanism that will present works and features from around the globe.

[14][15][16] In 1997, Ashraf curated a major exhibition on South Asian modernity (with James Belluardo) for the Architectural League of New York.

The exhibition, "An Architecture of Independence: The Making of Modern South Asia,"[13][17] that highlighted the works of Balkrishna Doshi, Achyut Kanvinde, Charles Correa and Muzharul Islam, traveled to five cities in the US.

His theoretical position for reconsidering water in a new design intelligence appear in various writings[21][22] and the founding of Bengal Institute for Architecture, Landscapes and Settlements[5] in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in 2015.

His work on various aspects of Dhaka, including transport and public spaces, provides new prospects for the transformation of one of the most complex metropolitan cities.

[2][24][25] Working on the large-scale, and integrating city-form, landscape, agriculture, and housing, Ashraf and team proposed new regional arrangements, "metro hubs" and coastal development for Bangladesh.