Grafton Architects

Grafton Architects’ First U.S. Building, at the University of Arkansas, is a Mass-Timber Triumph

goncharj@bnpmedia.com (Joann Gonchar, FAIA) — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 11:56:32 -0400

The Dublin firm's Anthony Timberlands Center demonstrates the poetic and expressive possibilities of wood construction.

DESIGN:ED Podcast: Yvonne Farrell & Shelley McNamara

Wed, 10 Sep 2025 09:24:13 -0400

Pritzker Prize–winning architects Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara join DESIGN:ED to discuss the new Anthony Timberlands Center at the University of Arkansas and reflect on the past 47 years of their Dublin-based firm, Grafton Architects.

Grafton Architects Returns to Kingston University London for New Project Following 2021 Stirling Prize Win

Fri, 20 Jan 2023 10:31:26 -0500

The celebrated Irish firm tops a blockbuster shortlist of contenders for the riverfront campus project.

Toulouse School of Economics by Grafton Architects

Fri, 01 May 2020 00:10:00 -0400

The 2020 Pritzker Prize winners have much to celebrate, with a remarkable new building tucked into an old city in southern France.

Grafton Architects to Design Applied Research Center for University of Arkansas

Tue, 24 Mar 2020 12:01:00 -0400

The 2020 Pritzker Prize laureates spoke with RECORD about the Timberlands Center for Design and Materials Innovation—the firm's first building in the U.S. and first timber project.

Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara of Grafton Architects Win 2020 Pritzker Prize

Tue, 03 Mar 2020 10:00:00 -0500

The co-founders of the Dublin-based firm are the first Irish architects to receive the award. Watch a video about the laureates below.

Grafton Architects Wins 2020 RIBA Gold Medal

Thu, 03 Oct 2019 11:19:00 -0400

The Royal Institute of British Architects has honored the Dublin-based firm with the UK's top prize for architecture. Co-founder Yvonne Farrell will speak at RECORD's 2019 Innovation Conference.

Video Interview with 2018 Biennale Curators Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara

Fri, 25 May 2018 12:00:00 -0400

PLANE—SITE spoke with the founders of Grafton Architects about this edition’s theme, Freespace. Watch the video on ArchitecturalRecord.com.

Grafton Architects Co-Founders to Curate 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale

Tue, 17 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -0500

Irish architects Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara will curate the International Architecture Exhibition in 2018.

UTEC Campus by Grafton Architects

Sun, 15 Nov 2015 23:30:00 -0500

A vertical campus for a new urban university in Lima, Peru, rises to the occasion by fitting in.