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Detailed explanation-1: -Renowned Bangladeshi architect, researcher and educator Marina Tabassum became the first person from the global south and first south Asian to win the prestigious Lisbon Triennale Millennium bcp Lifetime Achievement Award.

Detailed explanation-2: -Marina Tabassum is the first architect from the Global South to receive this prestigious award, joining Denise Scott-Brown from the USA (awarded in 2019), the French duo Lacaton & Vassal (2016), Kenneth Frampton from the UK (2013), Álvaro Siza from Portugal (2010) and the Italian Vittorio Gregotti (2007).

Detailed explanation-3: -Marina Tabassum is the Winner of the Lisbon Triennale Lifetime Achievement Award.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Lisbon Triennale Millennium bcp Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes a young architect or practice to celebrate their achievements and promote their career.

Detailed explanation-5: -Marina Tabassum (born 1968 or 1969) is a Bangladeshi architect. She is the principal architect of Marina Tabassum Architects. In 2016, she won the Aga Khan Award for Architecture for the design of Bait-ur-Rouf Mosque in Dhaka, Bangladesh.