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Yvonne Farrell (born 1951) is an Irish architect and academic. She is the co-founder of Grafton Architects, which won the World Building of the Year award in 2008 for their Bocconi University building in Milan.[1] The practice won the inaugural RIBA International Prize in 2016 for their Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología building in Lima, Peru,[2] and was awarded the 2020 Royal Gold Medal.[3] In 2017 she was appointed, along with Shelley McNamara, as curator of the 16th Venice Biennale of Architecture in 2018.[4] She won the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2020, also with McNamara.
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Yvonne Farrell | |
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Born | 1951 (age 72–73) |
Alma mater | University College Dublin |
Occupation | Architect |
Notable work | The Röntgen Building |
Awards | Pritzker Architecture Prize (with Shelley McNamara) |
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