Grafton Architects wins Silver Lion for International Exhibition
Dublin-based architecture practice Grafton Architects has won the Silver Lion at the Venice Biennale. For their impressive presentation of a new University campus in Lima,
Grafton Architects: Università Luigi Bocconi, Milan
More often than not there is a grudging, occasionally bitter, tone to the architectural grapevine. Not without reason do we joke that a “jealousy”
Irish architecture exhibition to open in Brno
Irish architecture will be exhibited for the first time in Central Europe when the 2009 AAI Awards will be on show at the Architecture Centre in Brno from 28 April until 4 June 2010.
Irish firm scoops top award for university in Milan
Grafton Architects, headed by Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara, surprised and delighted most of their peers in 2002 when they won the competition to design a new building for Bocconi University in Milan.
Luigi Bocconi University by Grafton Architects
Grafton Architects was awarded the prize under the Learning category for their new building, Luigi Bocconi University situated in the heart of Milan.
McNamara, Shelley
Studied at University College Dublin, graduating 1974. Established Grafton Architects with Yvonne Farrell in 1977. A member of Group ’91 Architects,
Milan university building beats Hadid and Foster to top prize
A university building in Milan, designed by Irish practice Grafton Architects, has scooped the top prize at the inaugural World Architecture Festival awards,
Modern new €2m home on campus for University of Limerick president
University of Limerick president Don Barry will move into his new environmentally-friendly residence on campus next month, becoming the first UL president to do so.
New house on campus for University of Limerick president cost €2.3m
The new residence for the president of the University of Limerick on campus cost €2.3m, a report to the Minister for Education has confirmed.
New town centre for 21st century in west Dublin
An ambitious town centre on 20 acres is planned for the heart of Adamstown, Dublin’s newest suburb. Fiona Tyrrell reports. A new town centre roughly the size of St Stephen’s Green –
