Sharjah Architecture Triennal Website Marina Tabassum is the Principal of Marina Tabassum Architects, a
practice established in 2005 based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. She is the Academic Director
of the Bengal Institute for Architecture, Landscapes and Settlements and
currently teaching Design Studio at Delft University, Netherlands. She taught
Design Studio at Harvard University Graduate School of Design and Advanced
Design Studio as visiting Professor at the University of Texas in 2015 and at
BRAC University from 2005 to 2010.
Marina Tabassum is a member of the Steering Committee of Aga Khan Awards
for Architecture. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of Prokritee,
a guaranteed Fare Trade organization that has empowered thousands of women
artisans of Bangladesh through export of handcrafted objects. Marina Tabassum
won the Jameel Prize 5 in 2018. She is also a recipient of 2016 Aga Khan Award
for Architecture for the Bait ur Rouf Mosque in Dhaka. Her project the Pavilion
Apartment was shortlisted for Aga Khan Award in 2004. Ms. Tabassum received AYA
Award from India in 2004 for the project NEK10 located in Dhaka. She is also a
recipient of 2005 Ananya Shirshwa Dash Award, which recognizes women of
Bangladesh with exceptional achievements.