1. Marina Tabassum is the principal architect of Marina Tabassum Architects.
13 Facts About Marina Tabassum
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Marina Tabassum was named on TIME magazine's list of the 100 Most Influential People of 2024.
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Marina Tabassum was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh, the daughter of an oncologist.
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Marina Tabassum's family migrated to Dhaka, Bangladesh from India during the partition of Bengal in 1947.
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Marina Tabassum then graduated in architecture from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in 1994.
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In 1995, Marina Tabassum founded URBANA, an architecture practice based in Dhaka, Bangladesh with Kashef Chowdhury.
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Since 2005 Marina Tabassum has been a visiting professor at the BRAC University, where she has taught courses on Contemporary South Asian Architecture.
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Marina Tabassum conducts undergraduate studios at the University of Asia Pacific, and has given lectures and presentations at a number of other educational institutions and conferences.
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Marina Tabassum has been the Director of Academic Program at Bengal Institute for Architecture, Landscapes and Settlements since 2015.
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Marina Tabassum proposed the invitation of one of India's best architects Bijoy Jain to CAA 2013 in Bangladesh.
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Marina Tabassum is Professor of Architectural Design for Climate Adaptation in the Department of Architecture at Delft University of Technology, Netherlands.
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Marina Tabassum designed the Bait Ur Rouf Mosque in Dhaka, which was completed in 2012.
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In 2024, Marina Tabassum featured on the Time 100 list of the top 100 most influential people in the world.