Marina Tabassum
Born1970 or 1971 (age 52–53)[1]
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma materBangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
Occupationarchitect
Websitemtarchitekts.com

Marina Tabassum is a Bangladeshi architect. In 2016, she won Aga Khan Award for Architecture for the design of Bait-ur-Rouf Mosque in Dhaka, Bangladesh.[2]

Education

Tabassum graduated in architecture from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in 1994.[3]

Career

Tabassum founded URBANA in 1995 with Kashef Chowdhury.[4] She serves as the founder and principal architect of Marina Tabassum Architects (MTA). She has been a visiting professor at the BRAC University since September 2005.[3]

Tabassum joined the Department of Architecture, BRAC University as a visiting faculty since September 2005.[3]

Tabassum was the designer of Bait Ur Rouf Mosque which was completed in 2012.[5]

Awards and honors

References

  1. ^ "Bangladeshi mosque architect smashes glass ceiling". The Daily Star. October 4, 2016. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
  2. ^ Fixsen, Anna (October 3, 2016). "BIG, Zaha Hadid Architects Among 2016 Aga Khan Award Recipients". Architectural Record. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d "MTA Profile". mtarchitekts.com. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
  4. ^ Hockin, Rowena (June 17, 2014). "Marina Tabassum: Ideas over gender". Architecture AU. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
  5. ^ a b Karim, Naimul (June 17, 2016). "Marina Tabassum: An architect in search of roots". The Daily Star. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
  6. ^ "Nishorgo Architectural Competition Winners awarded". The Daily Star. August 10, 2006. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
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