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    Grafton Architects completes first mass-timber building for University of Arkansas

    Irish studio Grafton Architects and US practice Modus Studio have completed a mass-timber building topped with an angular roof for the University of Arkansas's architecture and design school. More about Grafton Architects completes first mass-timber building for University of Arkansas

    Amy Peacock | 9 October 2025 | Leave a comment
  • Grafton bird feeder

    Norman Foster, Grafton and Jacques Herzog design bird feeders for brain cancer charity auction

    Ten leading architects including Norman Foster, Grafton Architects and Jacques Herzog have designed bird feeders that will be auctioned at Christie's during Frieze London 2025. More about Norman Foster, Grafton and Jacques Herzog design bird feeders for brain cancer charity auction

    Rheanna Hopkins | 18 September 2025 | Leave a comment
  • 21st-century architecture: Grafton Architects' UTEC Lima campus

    Grafton Architects' UTEC Lima campus was the most significant building of 2015

    We continue our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series with Grafton Architects' concrete university campus in Lima, Peru, a building that set a new standard for urban higher-education environments. More about Grafton Architects' UTEC Lima campus was the most significant building of 2015

    Amy Peacock | 21 January 2025 | Leave a comment
  • Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara of Grafton Architects

    Architecture is "stressful, painful and terrifying" say Grafton Architects founders

    Grafton Architects is one of the world's most decorated architecture studios. In this interview, founders Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara explain how they stay motivated after 46 years in practice. More about Architecture is "stressful, painful and terrifying" say Grafton Architects founders

    Amy Peacock | 27 June 2024 | Leave a comment
  • Town House

    Grafton Architects' Town House university building wins Mies van der Rohe Award 2022

    RIBA Gold Medal-winning studio Grafton Architects has been awarded the European Union's annual architecture award for Town House, a colonnaded teaching building designed for Kingston University in London. More about Grafton Architects' Town House university building wins Mies van der Rohe Award 2022

    Cajsa Carlson | 26 April 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Stirling Prize winner London town house

    "The annual quest for a national Best in Show seems increasingly problematic"

    It was the right choice to give Grafton Architects' Kingston University London this year's Stirling Prize, says Catherine Slessor, but the award is still struggling to find its purpose. More about "The annual quest for a national Best in Show seems increasingly problematic"

    Catherine Slessor | 18 October 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Stirling Prize-winning Kingston University London – Town House interior

    Grafton's Stirling Prize-winning Town House is "the future of education" says Norman Foster

    British architect Norman Foster has praised Grafton Architects' Stirling Prize-winning Kingston University London – Town House as a "progressive new model for higher education". More about Grafton's Stirling Prize-winning Town House is "the future of education" says Norman Foster

    Tom Ravenscroft | 14 October 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Kingston University London – Town House wins 2021 Stirling Prize

    Kingston University London – Town House by Grafton Architects wins 2021 Stirling Prize

    The Kingston University London – Town House designed by RIBA Gold Medal-winning studio Grafton Architects has won this year's Stirling Prize. More about Kingston University London – Town House by Grafton Architects wins 2021 Stirling Prize

    Tom Ravenscroft | 14 October 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara of Grafton Architects

    Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara awarded Pritzker Architecture Prize in video ceremony

    Grafton Architects founders Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara have been awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize in a video ceremony held because the physical event was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. More about Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara awarded Pritzker Architecture Prize in video ceremony

    Tom Ravenscroft | 6 October 2020 | Leave a comment
  • University of Arkansas by Grafton Architects

    Grafton Architects unveils timber research centre for University of Arkansas

    Dublin firm Grafton Architects has designed a timber research centre for the University of Arkansas' architecture school, which will mark its first project in the US when complete. More about Grafton Architects unveils timber research centre for University of Arkansas

    Bridget Goldberg | 25 March 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara name eight key projects from their career

    Grafton Architects directors Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara – who have just been named the 2020 laureates of the Pritzker Architecture Prize – have listed eight of the most significant projects from their career to date. More about Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara name eight key projects from their career

    Amy Frearson | 4 March 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Town House by Grafton Architects for Kingston University, UK

    Grafton Architects completes colonnaded Town House at Kingston University

    Stone colonnades frame the open-plan interiors of Town House, the mixed-use teaching building by Grafton Architects for Kingston University in London. More about Grafton Architects completes colonnaded Town House at Kingston University

    Lizzie Crook | 29 January 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Grafton Architects win 2020 RBA Royal Gold Medal

    Grafton Architects wins 2020 RIBA Royal Gold Medal

    Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara, co-founders of Grafton Architects, are the first all-woman pair to be awarded the 2020 RIBA Royal Gold Medal for Architecture. More about Grafton Architects wins 2020 RIBA Royal Gold Medal

    India Block | 2 October 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Watch Grafton Architects speak at the Royal Academy's 2018 annual architecture lecture

    Grafton Architects founders Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara explained their theme for the Venice Architecture Biennale 2018 in the Royal Academy of Arts' annual architecture lecture. More about Watch Grafton Architects speak at the Royal Academy's 2018 annual architecture lecture

    Sebastian Jordahn | 16 July 2018 | Leave a comment
  • "Designing and writing about a building are very different processes of thought"

    The Venice Biennale manifesto of Grafton Architects is proof that vapid commentary can diminish great architecture, says Owen Hatherley. More about "Designing and writing about a building are very different processes of thought"

    Owen Hatherley | 5 July 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Competition: win tickets to the RA's annual architecture lecture with Grafton Architects

    For the latest Dezeen competition, we've teamed up with the Royal Academy of Arts to give readers the chance to win one of five pairs of tickets to a lecture with Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara, founders of Grafton Architects and curators of the Venice Architecture Biennale 2018. More about Competition: win tickets to the RA's annual architecture lecture with Grafton Architects

    Karen Anderson | 3 July 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara of Grafton Architects

    Architects can make a big impact "at a very small scale" say Grafton Architects founders

    Architects can't solve the world's problems, but they can still make a significant impact, say Venice Architecture Biennale directors Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara, who compare architecture to the slow-food movement. More about Architects can make a big impact "at a very small scale" say Grafton Architects founders

    Amy Frearson | 23 May 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara to deliver Royal Academy's annual lecture

    Dezeen promotion: Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara of Grafton Architects will give the annual Royal Academy of Arts architecture lecture on "freespace", the theme they chose for this year's Venice Architecture Biennale. More about Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara to deliver Royal Academy's annual lecture

    Dezeen staff | 13 April 2018 | Leave a comment
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    Grafton Architects chosen to curate Venice Architecture Biennale 2018

    Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara, founders of Dublin-based Grafton Architects, have been named as curators for the 2018 edition of the Venice Architecture Biennale. More about Grafton Architects chosen to curate Venice Architecture Biennale 2018

    Amy Frearson | 17 January 2017 | 3 comments
  • Universidad de Ingenieria y Tecnologia by Grafton Architects

    Grafton Architects wins inaugural RIBA International Prize for university campus in Peru

    RIBA International Prize: a vertical, concrete university campus in Peru by Grafton Architects has been named world's best new building by the Royal Institute of British Architects. More about Grafton Architects wins inaugural RIBA International Prize for university campus in Peru

    Eleanor Gibson | 24 November 2016 | 7 comments
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