UT School of Architecture Spring 2021 Lecture Series: Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara

Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara co-founded Grafton Architects in 1978 after meeting at the School of Architecture at University College Dublin, Ireland. Farrell and McNamara were named the 2020 Laureates of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, becoming the first two Irish citizens, as well as the fourth and fifth women, to win the prestigious award. As stated by the Pritzker Architecture Prize jury, the partners “have consistently and unhesitatingly pursued the highest quality of architecture for the specific location in which it was to be built, the functions it would house and especially for the people who would inhabit and use their buildings and spaces.” In 2018, Farrell and McNamara were Curators of the Venice Architecture Biennale, and their practice has won numerous awards, including the inaugural RIBA International Prize for the Universidad de Ingenieria y Tecnologia in Lima in 2016, and the 2020 RIBA Royal Gold Medal in London. Farrell and McNamara hold longstanding appointments at University College Dublin and have taught at universities around the world. They are currently professors at the Accademia di Architettura in Mendrisio, Switzerland.

This event is part of the Spring 2021 Lecture Series presented by the UT School of Architecture.