12. Marina Tabassum

Farrell Centre

Marina Tabassum is a Bangladesh based architect, educator and academic. She graduated from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) in 1995. The same year, with Kashef Mahboob Chowdhury, she founded URBANA, an architecture practice based in Dhaka. In 2005, Tabassum established MTA (Marina Tabassum Architects). The practice's Bait Ur Rouf Mosque in Dhaka won the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 2016 Alongside her work in practice, Tabassum is Director of Academic Program at the Bengal Institute for Architecture, Landscapes and Settlements since 2015. She has conducted design studios at BRAC University since 2005 and has also taught an Advanced Design Studio as visiting professor at the University of Texas. Part of the series 20x20 – a podcast where we ask leading architects, urbanists and thinkers 20 questions over 20 minutes, exploring everything from their ideas and interests to the present and future of architecture and cities. Hosted by Owen Hopkins.