Grafton Architects: Work in Progress
Shelley McNamara and Yvonne Farrell present their work in a Current Work lecture.
November 4, 2020
Recorded on October 20, 2020.
Current Work is a lecture series featuring leading figures in the worlds of architecture, urbanism, design, and art.
Shelley McNamara and Yvonne Farrell co-founded Grafton Architects in 1978 after meeting at the School of Architecture at University College Dublin. They have been selected as the 2020 Pritzker Prize Laureates.
In this video, McNamara and Farrell discuss projects including:
- Institut Mines-Télécom, Paris-Saclay, France
- Anthony Timberlands Center, University of Arkansas
- New Special School, Kongju National University, South Korea
The lecture is followed by a conversation with Paul Lewis, partner at LTL Architects, professor and associate dean at Princeton University School of Architecture, and president of The Architectural League of New York.
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