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Grafton Architects

06 June 2009
McNamara, Shelley

McNamara, Shelley

Studied at University College Dublin, graduating 1974. Established Grafton Architects with Yvonne Farrell in 1977. A member of Group ’91 Architects, she has taught at University College Dublin since 1976 and has lectured...

06 June 2009
Yvonne Farrell

Yvonne Farrell

Studied at University College Dublin, graduating 1974. Established Grafton Architects in 1977 with Shelley McNamara, whose work together has received numerous awards and has been published extensively internationally and exhibited at Dublin, London,...

06 June 2009
Cleary, Shay (b.1951)

Cleary, Shay (b.1951)

Studied at University College Dublin, graduating 1974. Worked with Marcel Breuer and Candilis Josic Woods in Paris and with Neave Brown at the Camden Borough Council in London before returning to Dublin in...

20 April 2009
Which foreign word best captures our feelings at this jittery moment?

Which foreign word best captures our feelings at this jittery moment?

Especially for people in Ireland, schadenfreude as the big fish flounder, angst in the wake of the Budget, ennui as the excuses drag on, all apply. But running counter to the thud, the...

12 February 2009
Finalists for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture include Grafton Architects

Finalists for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture include Grafton Architects

The European Commission and the Fundacia³ Mies van der Rohe announced today the finalists for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award 2009, one of the most...

13 November 2008
UL gets permission for Grafton Architects’ Medical School

UL gets permission for Grafton Architects’ Medical School

The University of Limerick has received planning permission from Clare County Council to build its €12M medical school across the Shannon from the main campus. It is hoped that construction will begin on...

01 November 2008
Praise for Irish firm’s design

Praise for Irish firm’s design

The new Irish-designed faculty building for Bocconi University in Milan, which won the World Building of the Year award last weekend, has become “a symbol of our city and its ability to renew...

30 October 2008
Irish firm scoops top award for university in Milan

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....

30 October 2008
Department of Finance, Temple Bar Square included in wide portfolio

Department of Finance, Temple Bar Square included in wide portfolio

Grafton Architects has won numerous awards for its work in Ireland since the practice was founded 30 years ago by the late Frank Hall, along with Shelley McNamara, Yvonne Farrell, Shay Cleary and...