Marina TabassumMarina Tabassum is one of the most renowned architects worldwide. She graduated from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), and she is the Academic Director of Bengal Institute for Architecture, Landscapes and Settlements. She ha taught design studios in BRAC University as a visiting Faculty since 2005. She taught Advanced Design Studio as Visiting Professor at UTA, Texas, taught Studio at Harvard University Graduate School of Design, and lectures all over the world. Marina Tabassum received the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 2016 for her project Bait ur Rouf Mosque in Dhaka, Bangladesh. She also designed the Independence Monument of Bangladesh and the Museum of Independence during her partnership with Kashef Chowdhury in URBANA.
Marina Tabassum is the principal of Bangladesh based architecture practice MTA established in 2005. She keeps her practice conscious and retained in an optimum size and projects undertaken are carefully chosen and are limited by number per year. The projects done and at hand are varied, ranging from master planning to creating a $ 2000 home. Read More Read Less