Serpentine 2025 Pavilion A Capsule in Time, designed by Marina Tabassum, Marina Tabassum Architects (MTA). Design render, interior view © Marina Tabassum Architects (MTA). Courtesy Serpentine.
Congratulations, Marina! As the publisher of Marina Tabassum, the ArchiTangle team was delighted to hear the Serpentine announce that Bangladeshi architect and educator Marina Tabassum and her firm, Marina Tabassum Architects (MTA), have been selected to design the 2025 Pavilion, titled A Capsule in Time.
Looking at the last 20 years of her work, MARINA TABASSUM ARCHITECTURE: MY JOURNEY presents various public and private building projects that Tabassum has worked on since 1995, first with the architectural office URBANA and since 2005 through Marina Tabassum Architects (MTA). The selection of her architecture in this book ranges from early projects in the city of Dhaka shortly after completing her studies at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), such as the Museum of Independence and the celebrated Bait Ur Rouf Mosque, to recent mobile modular structures called Khudi Bari.
Internationally renowned authors reflect on various perspectives and interpretations of Tabassum’s work. Besides the historical and political background, the contributions deal, among other things, with spotlighting particular architectural elements that pervade Tabassum’s work, such as place and memory, light and spirituality, brick and materiality, and people and community.
With contributions by Sean Anderson, Vera Simone Bader, Kareem Ibrahim, Hanif Kara, Andres Lepik, Nondita Correa Mehrotra, Tanzil Shafique, Cristina Steingräber, Marina Tabassum, Sarah M. Whiting, and Danny Wicaksono.
Marina Tabassum has received numerous international recognitions in the field of architecture. Her pursuit for the ‘architecture of relevance’ has won her numerous awards including the Soane Medal from the United Kingdom and the 2016 Aga Khan Award for Architecture. In 2024, Marina was included in TIME Magazine’s ‘100 Most Influential People’.
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