Marina Tabassum may have founded her enviable reputation on grand designs for museums, residences and places of worship. But the pandemic presented her with an opportunity to help communities in her native Bangladesh adapt to the climate crisis.
Now the architect’s entire 26-year career has been recognised in one of the highest accolades in her field – The Soane Medal – making her the first person from the global south to win.
Tabassum shot to prominence with her …