Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabassum on TIME's 100 most influential list
Noted
Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabassum has been named in the Time magazine's
list of 100 most influential people for her contributions to the field of
innovation.
Known
for her contributions to environmentally sustainable design, Tabassum's
approach to architecture breaks from commercialism and is rooted in local
communities and serving the needs of common people.
According to
Time's entry for Tabassum on the
list published last night, "Tabassum's
altruism even extends to buildings themselves. She cares for her creations
as creatures partaking in the resources of our earth: describing her Bait Ur
Rouf Mosque in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which won the prestigious Aga Khan Award, she
said a building 'has to be able to breathe without artificial aids".
Elsewhere
in the country, which faces increased flood risks due to climate change, she
has developed houses that are cost-effective and easy to move—clearly,
buildings shouldn't just breathe; they should avoid getting their feet wet.
While she practices very locally, she teaches, lectures, and is recognized.
Tabassum's work was previously honoured with the
2016 Aga Khan Award for Architecture
and by the American Academy of Arts and Letters Awards in 2021.
She was named as
the winner of the Millennium Lifetime Achievement Award at the upcoming Lisbon
Architecture Triennale 2022.
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