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

Matt Hickman

January 20, 2023

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

Toulouse School of Economics by Grafton Architects

France

Tim Abrahams

May 1, 2020

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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

Josephine Minutillo

March 24, 2020

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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

Miriam Sitz

March 3, 2020

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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

Miriam Sitz

October 3, 2019

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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

May 25, 2018

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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

Anna Fixsen

January 17, 2017

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

UTEC Campus by Grafton Architects

Lima, Peru

Tom Hennigan

November 15, 2015

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

NOW ON DEMAND

Credits: 1 AIA LU/HSW; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 ICC CEU; 0.1 IACET CEU

This course will go through project lifecycle stages and whole lifecycle carbon assessments, operational and embodied carbon, before focusing on operational energy basics.

Credits: 1 AIA LU/HSW; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 ICC CEU; 0.1 IACET CEU

This webinar will provide a brief history of the Mid-Century Modern (MCM) movement in the U.S., including basic principles, leading architects, and key projects that exemplify the style.