NEWS: Grafton Architects' UTEC Project shortlisted for the 2016 RIBA International Prize
27.10.2016
The Royal Institute of British Architects has announced that Grafton Architects' UTEC project is among the 6 buildings it has selected to be visited by the RIBA Grand Jury this November under consideration for the inaugural RIBA International Prize.
More info here
NEWS: Grafton Architects' UTEC project nominated in the architecture category of Beazley Designs of the Year by the Design Museum.
02.09.2016
Arena for Learning - UTEC by Grafton Architects has been nominated for the Design Museum’s ninth annual awards. The shortlisted projects will form part of the opening programme of exhibitions at the Design Museum’s new home in Kensington High Street in late November 2016.
More information here
EVENT: Architecture on Stage: Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara – Grafton Architects
18.10.2016
The Architecture Foundation, in association with the Barbican, presents Architecture on Stage – a programme of talks and debates. The autumn programme concludes with a lecture by Grafton Architects on Wednesday 14 December 2016 at 19:00.
More information and booking here
LECTURE: Grafton Architects to give a keynote lecture at the 2016 Lisbon Architecture Triennale
30.08.2016
Thursday November 17. Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Av. de Berna 45A, 1067-001 Lisbon. More information here
EXHIBITION: Grafton Architects to exhibit at the Design Museum in November 2016
23.08.2016
Design Museum Kensington, London W8 6AG. More information here
LECTURE: Grafton Architects to lecture at Building, Dwelling, Thinking: Cersaie 2016, Bologna Italy
23.08.2016
Together with Fulvio Irace, professor of history of architecture at Milan Polytechnic, Shelley McNamara will consider the subject of education: how can the architecture of universities and other institutions improve the education of young people in this increasingly complex world?
Thursday September 29, 5.00 p.m. More information here
LECTURE: Grafton Architects to speak at the Irish Architecture Foundation's New Now Next lecture series
23.08.2016
Grafton Architects are to present their work at the Irish Architecture Foundation's 2016 New Now Next lecture series on September 20, 2016.
More information here
LECTURE: Grafton Architects to speak at aut. architektur und tirol in October.
23.08.2016
Yvonne Farrell will discuss projects of Grafton Architects in a number of cities including Dublin, Milan, Toulouse and Lima at the aut. architektur und tirol on Wednesday 12th of October. More information to follow.
EVENT: Grafton Architects to speak at the AoU / RIAI Annual Conference on Urbanism
23.08.2016
Yvonne Farrell & Shelley McNamara will present 'South American Cities: Lima, Peru; City DNA', at the AoU / RIAI Annual Conference on Urbanism - Urban Futures: Cities & Towns In Transition on Friday September 2, 2016 at 11:30am. More info here
EXHIBITION: Grafton Architects at the 2016 Venice Biennale
23.08.2016
Grafton Architects' film and exhibition entitled 'the Physics of Culture' is part of this year's Venice Biennale, curated by Alejandro Aravena. More info here
NEWS: Grafton Architects has been shortlisted for the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize (MCHAP)
23.08.2016
Grafton Architects' project for UTEC has been shortlisted for the second biennial Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize (MCHAP), which recognises the best built works of architecture in the Americas realised from January 2014 through December 2015. More info here
Photograph by Iwan Baan
EXHIBITION: Grafton Architects' drawings on display at the 2016 Royal Academy of Art Summer Exhibition
31.05.2016
Grafton Architects have been invited to present work at this years Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts. Curated by Louisa Hutton and Ian Ritchie, the theme of this year’s Architecture Gallery is 'Unbuilt'. More info here
NEWS: Grafton Architects selected to design the Paul Marshall Building for the London School of Economics
21.04.2016
Grafton Architects have been selected as the winners of the competition to design 44 Lincoln’s Inn fields/the Paul Marshall Building, the next major building project of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). More info here
09.03.2016 Grafton Architects at Cornell School of Architecture, Art and Planning
Yvonne Farrel will present the work of Grafton Architects as part of the Edgar A. Tafel Lecture Series opn April 27, 2016
at 5:15 p.m in the Abby and Howard Milstein Auditorium, Milstein Hall. More info here.
LECTURE: Grafton Architects to present their work as part of the 'Turn On Architektur Festival'
03.03.2016
Grafton Architects to present their work in Vienna as part of the 'Turn On Architektur Festival. The presentation will take place on Saturday March 5th
LECTURE: Grafton Architects to lecture in stockholm
13.11.2015
On the occasion of the opening of 'New Architecture: Ireland', Shelley McNamara of Graftons Architects will give a public guest lecture at the KTH School of Architecture.
06.09.2015 Grafton Architects' work features as part of the Exhibtion 'DETAILS, Architecture Seen in Section'
The exhibition DETAILS, architecture seen in section will open at the Grande Galerie of the Ecole d’architecture de Paris-Belleville on Thursday, November 5, 2015. The exhibition will stay open until November 27.
The exhibition is the result of a wider research on current trends in construction, and it involves
more than fifty international architectural firms, including Grafton Architects. http://www.detailsinsection.org/
06.09.2015 Grafton Architects Lecture in Sao Paulo
Grafton Architects will present their work as part of the 9th Latin American Conference on 'Comfort in the Built Environment'.
The lecture will take place at 18:15 on October 17th at PUC Campinas - more info here.
Photograph- Peter Rowen Photography
22.09.2015
Grafton Architects talk 'The Ogham Wall' at the V&A 24th September. Further information can be found at the link below.
www.vam.ac.uk/whatson/event/6046/the-ogham-wall-dccoi-1779698028/
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04.09.2015
Grafton Architects installation at the V&A, 'The Ogham Wall', will open to the public on 19.09.2015.
The exhibition is part of the London Design Festival in conjuction with ID 2015.
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03.09.2015
Grafton Architects will present their work in a public lecture at the Oslo Architects' Association. The details can be found at the following link.
https://www.arkitektur.no/om-oafs-forelesnings-og-debattmoter
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07.08.2015 - UTEC Lima Opens to Students
Phase 01 of the New University Campus for UTEC Lima
opened to students in April of this year.
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20.03.2015 - Grafton Architects - Finalist in the RDS Stadium Competition
Grafton Architects were finalists in last years competition for the RDS arena. The competition entry has now been added to the projects section of the website.
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11.02.2015 - Jane Drew Prize
Grafton Architects’ co-founders Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara have been jointly awarded the fourth annual Jane Drew Prize.
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11.02.2015 - Details Exhibition Milan
The exhibition DETAILS, architecture seen in section will open at the Guido Nardi exhibition space, at the School of Architecture and Society of Milan Politecnico on Wednesday, February 11, 2015. DETAILS will stay open until February 27.
Three international guests, Grafton Architects, Yvonne Farrell, Peter Maerkli, and Christian Schittich (editor in chief of the DETAIL journal) will give their lectures on Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from 3 pm in the Aula GAMMA. The exhibition will open on the same day at 7 pm.
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18.12.2014 - UTEC Lima Phase 01
Phase 01 of the University Campus UTEC Lima nears completion.
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17.11.2014 - Grafton Architects Lecture in Venice
Grafton Architects will speak at the event "DESIGNING in Italy - Odile Decq and Grafton Architects." The lecture will take place on November 21st, 2014 in Venice at the Palazzo Ducale, Sala Piovego.
The initiative is part of the MiBACT institutional activities at the Venice Biennale in 2014.
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03.10.2014 - Kingston University Lecture
Grafton Architects Lecture at Kingston University, School of Architecture + Landscape on Mon Oct 06 at 6.30pm
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22.07.2014 - UTEC Lima
Construction is underway at the New University Campus for UTEC Lima in Peru
Photograph Courtesy of Lucy Correa
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17.04.2014 - Institut Mines Telecom, Paris Saclay -
In September 2013 Grafton Architects were announced as the winners of an international competition to design a building for Institut MInes Telecom. Located on the new campus of Paris Saclay, the building will act as the new home for the Institute as well as two of France's Grand Ecoles Telecom Paristech and Telecom SudParis.
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05.03.2014 - Grafton Architects Lecture at the ETH Zurich and the Accademia di Architettura, Mendrisio
Grafton Architects will present their work in two lectures at the ETH Zurich and the Accademia di Architettura, Mendrisio.
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29.01.2014 - Sensing Spaces at the Royal Academy
Grafton Architects form part of a group of seven architectural practices from around the world. installations who were invited by the Royal Academy to make a spatial installation under the theme Sensing Spaces. For more information visit the Royal Academy Website
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07.01.2014 - TSE on Site
Construction is underway at the New School of Economics for Université Toulouse 1 Capitole. Photograph - Facade prototype with brick brise-soleil, aluminium window, concrete coping and lintel
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18.10.2013 - Columbia Lecture
Grafton Architects will present their work as part of The Kenneth Frampton Endowed annual Lecture on Wed Nov 20, 2013 at 6:30pm at Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation in the Wood Auditorium
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07.2013 - Stirling Nomination
Grafton Architects' project for the University of Limerick - comprising a New Medical School, Student Residences, Pergola and Piazza - has been nominated for the 2013 RIBA Stirling Prize
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11.2012 - AAI Award for UL
Grafton Architects' project for the University of Limerick - comprising a New Medical School, Student Residences, Pergola and Piazza - has been awarded a 2013 AAI Award
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10.05.2013 Ireland at Venice
Grafton Architect's 'Architecture as New Geography' features in the national exhibition 'Ireland at Venice', a tour of Ireland’s participation in the 13th International Architecture Biennale in Venice.
Grafton Architects were awarded the Silver Lion for their Exhibition at the Venice Biennale.
The exhibition will be formally opened by Ruairí Quinn, T.D., Minister for Education & Skills on Friday May 10th at 18:00 in the CHQ Building, IFSC, Dublin Docklands.
Grafton Architects
Yvonne Farrell, Shelley McNamara, Ger Carty, Philippe O'Sullivan, Simona Castellie, Kieran O'Brien, Matt McCullagh, James Rossa O'Hare, Donal O'Herlihy, David Healy, Joanne Lyons, Ivan O'Connell, Edwin Jebb; Assisted by Denis Forrest, Conor Maguire, Philip McGlade, Albert Tobin
Sculptor
Eileen McDonagh
Sponsors
Culture Ireland, Eduardo Jochschild, Juan I.Vargas, (UTEC Lima)
Thanks to
Annette Spiro, ETH; Marta Moreira / MMBB; Frederick Cooper; Hugh Campbell (UCD School of Architecture); Klaus Bode (BDSP); Dermot Foley Landscape Architects; Photographic Unit, National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
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Grafton Architects Lecture in Bern
Grafton Architects have been invited to lecture at Bern University of Applied Sciences under the title "The Learning Arena". The Lecture will take place on the 21st March 2013 at the Bern University of Applied Sciences in Switzerland.
http://tinyurl.com/c4pbmch
Photograph - UTEC Lima 1:500 Study Model
Photographer - Alice Clancy
Posted: Thursday 7th March 2013
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Grafton Architects Lecture in Tullamore
Grafton Architects have been invited to lecture in Tullamore, Co. Offaly. The lecture, entitled 'A Space for Contemporary Culture' will highlight examples of infill projects, re-use and mews projects and will discuss how contemporary architecture can assimilate built heritage and bring new life. The lecture will take place in the Tullamore Court Hotel on Thursday March 14th at 8pm. Attendance is free and open to the public.
For more info visit www.offaly.ie/engage.
Photograph -The Department of Finance
Photographer - Denis Gilbert
Posted: Friday 1st March 2013
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Grafton Architects Lecture in Florence
Grafton Architects will present their work under the title 'Architecture as New Geography' as part of the Florence Syracuse University's Spring Lecture Program. The Lecture will take place on March 14th, 2013 at 18:00 in the Villa Rossa Room 13, Florence-Syracuse University
http://tinyurl.com/bx3ts9r
Photograph - Study Model for UTEC Lima
Photographer - Alice Clancy
Posted: Sunday 2nd December 2012
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Grafton Architects Lecture in Varese
Grafton Architects have been invited by the Ordine Architetti Varese to lecture under the theme 'Going Public - Gli Spazi Pubblici per la Città del Futuro'. The lecture will take place on Thursday the 27th of February at the Villa e Collezione Panza in Varese at 21:00. The lecture will be moderated by Luca Molinari.
Posted: Sunday 2nd December 2012
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The Nervi Principle - Berlin
Thursday January 21st, 2013. Grafton Architects have been invited to present at a conference discussing the work of Pier Luigi Nervi and his influence on contemporary practice.
Posted: Sunday 2nd December 2012
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Grafton Architects Lecture at the AA in London
January 15th, 2013. Grafton Architects were invited to present their work under the title 'Architecture as New Geography' with a focus on their collaboration with environmental consultants, BDSP.
Posted: Sunday 2nd December 2012
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Grafton Architects Lecture in Lima
En el 2011, la Universidad de Ingeniería & Tecnología lanzó un concurso internacional para la construcción de su sede en Barranco. Desde Suecia, México, Irlanda, Brasil, Estados Unidos, España y todo el Perú, se enviaron sesenta propuestas para dar figura al terreno de 15.000 m2 que domina la Vía Expresa en frente de Miraflores. Esta muestra reúne la propuesta del proyecto ganador y los que concursaron. Curaduría: Patricia Ciriani
Posted: Sunday 2nd December 2012
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Grafton Architects Lecture in St. Gallen
Grafton Architects were invited to lecture at the Architektur Forum Ostschweiz in St.Gallen on December 3rd, 2012. Grafton Architects were invited as part of a group of architects, artists, engineers and philosophers and were asked to present their work in the context of the theme 'Less, but Better'.
Posted: Sunday 2nd December 2012
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At the Edge of the Center - Leibniz Salon Hannover
November 16th, 2012. Grafton Architects were invited to lecture at the University Hannover of as part of a symposium and student competition entitled At the Edge of the Center - Leibniz Salon Hannover.
http://tinyurl.com/b2qxbnz
Posted: Sunday 2nd December 2012
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Grafton Architects Lecture in Mantova
Nell'ambito delle attività promosse dal Polo Territoriale di Mantova del Politecnico di Milano in seno alla Cattedra Unesco "Pianificazione e Tutela Architettonica nelle Città Patrimonio Mondiale dell'Umanità", l’Associazione “L.A.C. Laboratorio di Architettura Contemporanea" e il Politecnico organizzano un incontro con gli architetti Shelley McNamara e Yvonne Farrell, studio Grafton Architects, recenti vincitrici del Leone d’argento alla 13° Biennale di Architettura di Venezia.
Posted: Monday 31st October 2011
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Grafton Architects win Silver Lion at the Venice Biennale
Grafton Architects have been awarded the Silver Lion for a promising practice of the International Exhibition 'Common Ground' at the Venice Architecture Biennale. Their exhibit ‘Architecture as new Geography' is located in the Central Pavilion, Giardini and explores the work of the Brazilian architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha in the context of Grafton’s new project for a university in Lima, Peru.
Photograph - Alice Clancy
Posted: Thursday 8th December 2011
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Graduate Entry Medical School and Student Accommodation, University of Limerick
Accommodation, deep brick wall with limestone sills. Medical School, profiled limestone wall
Posted: Thursday 8th December 2011
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The World Architecture festival
This year’s World Architecture Festival in Singapore runs from 3rd till the 5th of October. It marks the fifth anniversary of the festival. In 2008 the festival’s inaugural year the super-jury headed by architect Robert Stern selected the Universita Luigi Bocconi by Grafton Architects as World Building of the Year.
http://www.dezeen.com/2012/05/15/world-architecture-festival-2012-universita-luigi-bocconi-by-grafton-architects/
Posted: Thursday 8th December 2011
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University Campus of Engineering and Technology, UTEC, in Lima, Peru.
Grafton Architects have been announced as the winners of an International Architectural Competition for a new University Campus of Engineering and Technology, UTEC, in Lima, Peru. In the two-stage Competition, four Peruvian practices and Grafton Architects reached the final five. The new campus is situated in the district of Barranco in the city of Lima, overlooking a prime traffic route in the city. The winning project is envisioned as a man-made cliff overlooking the motorway, with a series of cascading gardens overlooking the adjacent residential zone.
Posted: Thursday 8th December 2011
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Venice preview: Grafton Architects and Paulo Mendes da Rocha
Shelley McNamara and Yvonne Farrell have given an insight into their up and coming Venice Biennale exhibition with The Architects’ Journal. The article documents the inspiration behind their insight into the work of Paulo Mendes da Rocha and their recently won university building in Lima, Peru. Which will be exhibited together at this years architectural Biennale in Venice. Capturing the theme of the biennale this year, 'common ground'.
http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/grafton-architects-and-paulo-mendes-da-rocha-infrastructure-and-landscape/8634459.article
Posted: Thursday 8th December 2011
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OSA Mendrisio Lecture Video
Shelley McNamara gave a lecture on the work of Grafton Architects on Thursday April 12th 2012 at the Academy of Architecture, Mendrisio, Switzerland. A video of the lecture can be viewed on the OSA Mendrisio YouTube page.
www.youtube.com/user/OSAccademia
Posted: Wednesday 7th December 2011
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Royal Academy Of Arts Podcast
Shelley McNamara and Yvonne Farrell gave a lecture on the work of Grafton Architects on Monday March 12th in the Royal Academy, London. A podcast of their lecture, ‘Architecture as the New Geography’ can be downloaded from the Royal Academy website.
www.royalacademy.org.uk/podcasts
Posted: Wednesday 7th December 2011
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Louis I. Kahn Visiting Professorship
Shelley McNamara and Yvonne Farrell held the Yale School Of Architecture Louis I. Kahn Visiting Professorship in 2011 and together with their students undertook a research project in Dun Laoghaire, Dublin. A Yale publication, Redundancy & Excess will record this work.
www.architecture.yale.edu
Posted: Wednesday 7th December 2011
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Festarch 2011
Shelley McNamara and Yvonne Farrell will present a lecture, ‘The City As A New Geography’ at Festarch 2011. The theme for this year’s festival – The Anti-City – will explore the burgeoning individualism and social disaggregation which, in Italy and many other countries, is undermining the very assumptions on which living in cities is based, eroding relationships of proximity and exchange between individuals and the communities they belong to, hindering the sharing of communal facilities and amenities, and destroying any possibility of social mobility.
The lecture will take place at the Teatro Morlacchi, Perugia, on Friday June 3rd at 5pm.
www.festarch.it
Posted: Monday 6th December 2010
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Grafton Architects' sketchbooks were exhibited as part of an exhibition entitled the Secret Laboratory at PLACE, Belfast.
Secret Laboratory - Grafton Architects sketchbook from Conor McCafferty on Vimeo.
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SFA Lecture
The Société Française des Architectes is organizing, in collaboration with the CNRS, a two-day international conference, titled “Théorie et Projet” (“Theory and Project”) on May 6th and 7th 2011 in Paris. Shelley McNamara and Yvonne Farrell will present a lecture, ‘The City As A Piano’. The lecture will take place at the Société Française des Architectes, 247 rue St Jacques, Paris 75005 on Saturday May 6th at 2.00pm.
redaction@levisiteur.com
Posted: Saturday 4th December 2010
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Columbia University GSAPP Lecture
Shelley McNamara and Yvonne Farrell will present a lecture, ‘In Dialogue With Gravity’ at Columbia University GSAPP. The lecture will take place in the Wood Auditorium, Avery Hall on Wedneday April 13th at 6.30pm.
www.arch.columbia.edu
Posted: Saturday 4th December 2010
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SAPV Lecture Series, Versailles
Shelley McNamara will give a lecture focusing on Grafton Architects work in three cities, Dublin, Milan and Toulouse. Hosted by the University of Illinois Study Abroad at Versailles Program, the lecture will take place at 6.30pm at Auditorium De La Forge – 5 Avenue De Sceaux - Versailles
contact@illinois-sapv.fr
Posted: Friday 3rd December 2010
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ARCHIPEL, Ghent, Belgium
Shelley McNamara and Yvonne Farrell will give a lecture on the work of Grafton Architects on Wednesday, February 16th. Hosted by ARCHIPEL, the lecture will take place at 8.30pm at De Centrale, Kraankindersstraat 2, 9000, Ghent.
www.archipelvzw.be
Posted: Thursday 2nd December 2010
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Presidents House, University of Limerick
Grafton Architects have completed a house for the President of the University of Limerick located on a riverside site on the campus. The house is located on the Clare side of the river Shannon setting up a relationship with the more formal estate of Plassey House. Given it's setting in the more agrarian landscape, this new house situates itself within the continuity of the Irish vernacular tradition.
The formal rooms of the house occupy three levels facing south. The more private informal rooms and bedrooms are stacked to form a protective wall to the north. Two staircases allow for two parallel worlds to co-exist; that of the private family life and the more formal public role for which the house has to cater. This adds to the intrigue and richness of the house, in the manner of many traditional Irish houses where private or service routes were kept separate from the formal world of the house.
Photographs - Alice Clancy
Posted: Sunday 1st November 2009
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Harvard Kenzo Tange Chair
Shelley McNamara and Yvonne Farrell held the Harvard Kenzo Tange Chair in 2010 and together with their students undertook a research project in Toulouse. A small publication by Harvard GSD has recorded this work.
Posted: Saturday 31st October 2009
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Building For Brussels
Grafton Architects are participating in the exhibition Building For Brussels: Architecture and urban transformation in Europe
This exhibition looks at some outstanding projects in European cities and considers their relevance to the challenges facing Brussels: demographic growth, mobility, public services, new industries, and, last but not least, accommodation for international institutions.
The exhibition runs from October 8th to October 29th in Centre For Fine Arts in Brussels.
www.bozar.be
Posted: Saturday 31st October 2009
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Triennale di Milano
Universita Luigi Bocconi will be exhibited as one of the five finalists in the 2009 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture, Mies van der Rohe Award.
The exhibition runs from October 2nd to October 31st at the Triennale di Milano.
www.triennale.org
Posted: Saturday 31st October 2009
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Upcoming Grafton Architects Lectures
22 September 2010: Ordem do Arquitectos SRN, Casa da Musica, Porto, Portugal.
4 October 2010: Washington University, USA.
5 October 2010: Kansas State University, USA.
6 October 2010: University of South Florida, Tampa, USA.
27 October 2010: ARCHIZOOM, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Posted: Tuesday 8th December 2009
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Université Toulouse 1 Capitole
Grafton Architects have won an international competition to design a faculty of economics for the University of Toulouse. Positioned in the heart of the historic city, the new building will provide research and lecture facilities that are designed to promote collaboration and exchanges between the students and faculty.
Posted: Tuesday 1st December 2009
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Grafton Architects Lecture in the National Gallery
Shelley McNamara and Yvonne Farrell will be giving a lecture in the National Gallery of Ireland on Thursday the 12th of November at 6.30pm. They will be discussing the Universita Luigi Bocconi project as well as presenting new work. The lecture is presented in association with the Irish Architecture Foundation, University College Dublin and the Office of Public Works. Admission is free.
Posted: Saturday 1st November 2008
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UL Medical School and Student Housing
Construction has begun on two new projects for the University of Limerick. The new Medical School and Student Housing are due for completion in Spring 2011.
Posted: Saturday 1st November 2008
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Mies van der Rohe Award 2009
Posted: Tuesday 2nd December 2008
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Grafton Architects
Grafton Architects have returned to their old office at
97 Grafton Street, Dublin 2
Posted: Monday 1st December 2008
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Universita Luigi Bocconi
The building is now complete and on Thursday 30 October 2008, an architectural Conference titled 'Spaces for Talent' was held in the Aula Magna.
Grafton Architects are honoured by the fact that the building was formally opened in the presence the Head of State of Italy, the President of the Republic, Giorgio Napolitano on the morning of Friday 31 October 2008. Speakers at the opening ceremony included, among others, Mario Monti President of Universita Bocconi, Letizia Moratti Mayor of Milan and Jose Manuel Barroso President of European Commission.
Posted: Thursday 1st November 2007
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World Architecture Festival 2008
Grafton Architects are honoured to have won the World Building of the Year Award and the Learning Category Award on the 24th and 23th of October 2008 at the World Architecture Festival 2008, Barcelona for the Universita Luigi Bocconi in Milan, Italy
Posted: Thursday 1st November 2007
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Universita Luigi Bocconi
New images of Universita Luigi Bocconi have been added to the project page
Posted: Wednesday 31st October 2007
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Universita Luigi Bocconi
Shortlisted for the 2008 World Architecture Festival Awards
The winner will be announced at the Festival's Closing Party on Friday 24 October
Posted: Friday 7th December 2007
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Recent Grafton Architects Lectures
19.05.08 Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), Winterthur, Switzerland
05.05.08 - Irish Architecture Foundation's New York Lectures, The American Irish Historical Society (AIHS), New York City
18.04.08 - Ordine degli Architetti di Milano, Milan, Italy
11.04.08 - A N D Studio, The Piaggio Museum, Pontedera, Italy
22.02.08 The Icelandic Concrete Society, Reykjavik, Iceland
05.02.08 MADE expo, Milan, Italy
31.01.08 Instituto Cervantes & Architectural Association of Ireland, Trinity College, Dublin,
Posted: Wednesday 5th December 2007
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Grafton Architects lecture - ZHAW
Grafton Architects are to lecture at ZHAW in Winterthur Switzerland on May 19th 2008 at 17:30h - admission is free
Grafton Architects-extension of the Bocconi university Milano, 17:30 h, Vortrag in englischer Sprache aus Reihe. Neue Resume alte Resume, ZHAW Zricher Hochschule for angewandte Wissenschaften, Studiengang Architektur, Tessfeldstrasse 11, 8401 Winterthur, Tel. 0589347603, www.archbau.zhaw.ch, mder@zhaw.ch, Eintritt frei
Posted: Wednesday 5th December 2007
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7 - 9 Merrion Row & The Billets
Officially opened on the 6th of May 2008
Posted: Wednesday 5th December 2007
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Adamstown Civic Centre
Section Perspective
Posted: Monday 3rd December 2007
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Drogheda Fire and Rescue Service
View for the Rathmullen Road
Posted: Thursday 2nd November 2006
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Prato Smeraldo, Rome
Grafton Architects in collaboration with Autonome Forme Architects have won an international competition to design a primary school and an elementary school in Prato Smeraldo, Rome
Posted: Saturday 9th December 2006
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Universita'Luigi Bocconi
Elevation: Via Bligng
Posted: Thursday 7th December 2006
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Universita'Luigi Bocconi
Site June 2007
Posted: Thursday 7th December 2006
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Drogheda Fire and Rescue Service
Site June 2007
Posted: Thursday 7th December 2006
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Loreto Community School, Milford
school open in september
Posted: Saturday 2nd December 2006
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Univerita Luigi Bocconi
site september 2006
Posted: Friday 9th December 2005
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Universita Luigi Bocconi
site may 2006
Posted: Monday 5th December 2005
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Solstice Arts Centre in Meath Opens!
Posted: Monday 5th December 2005
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Architectural Association of Ireland - site visit to Meath Arts Centre, Navan
On March 10th last, the AAI visited the new Solstice Meath Arts Centre in Navan, Co. Meath. The image shows the interior of the main 320seat concrete and terrazzo auditorium.
Posted: Saturday 3rd December 2005
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North Kildare Educate Together School, January 2006
Posted: Saturday 3rd December 2005
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Grafton architects offices, March 2006
Posted: Saturday 3rd December 2005
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Grafton Architects win AAI award 2005
The extension to the Department of Mechanical Engineering has been awarded an Architectural Association of Ireland Awards in the 21st Awards 2005
Posted: Thursday 1st December 2005
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Prototypical Hospital Project
Images of a prototypical hospital, developed by Grafton Architects, are to be addedd to the CIVIC section of the Grafton Architects website shortly
Posted: Thursday 1st December 2005
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New Study model for the Aula Magna Universita Luigi Bocconi
Posted: Monday 1st November 2004
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Meath Arts Centre + Theatre
The main facade glazing has commenced for the new arts centre - the upper volume is to be clad in marble mosaic
Posted: Sunday 31st October 2004
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Meath Arts Centre + Theatre
The theatre space in the Meath Arts Centre has been cast and is ready for the terrazzo work [photo courtesy Ros Kavanagh]
Posted: Tuesday 7th December 2004
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Extension to Parsons Building In Trinity College Officially Opened
On Tuesday May 11th the new extension to the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Parsons Building was officially openend by the Minister for Education, Mary Hanafin [photos courtesy of Ros Kavanagh]
Posted: Sunday 5th December 2004
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Meath Arts Centre seeks new director
Meath Arts Centre Company is seeking a new director for the new building currently underconstruction in Navan, County Meath. Full details are availabe from Fiona Mc Mahon fmcmahon@meathcoco.ie. Closing date for entry is 4pm on Friday May 20th 2005
Posted: Sunday 5th December 2004
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Grafton Architects work published 10_10x2
Deyan Sudjic has selected four projects by Grafton Architects for the new 10_10x2 publication by Phaidon, including the University Luigi Bocconi Milan, The Urban Institute, Ard Scoil Mhuire and Dunshaughlin Civic Offices
Posted: Saturday 4th December 2004
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Grafton Architects to lecture in Milan
Grafton Architects are to lecture in the Urban Centre, Milan on April 13th next at 6.00pm. Attendance by invitation only or contact the Urban Centre www.comune.milano.it/urban_centre
Posted: Saturday 4th December 2004
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Extension to Parsons Building, Phase 2 + 3, Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Trinity College Dublin
New images of the completed project for Trinity College have been added to the 'learning' section
Posted: Saturday 4th December 2004
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Loreto Community School, Milford, County Donegal
Images have been added of the new school for Loreto Milford, County Donegal
Posted: Thursday 2nd December 2004
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PARIS Competition Online
Grafton Architects were recently involved in a competition for a new building for SEMAPA on Magasin Generaux in Paris as part of the CASTEX consortium. More images are in the competitions section of this website
Posted: Wednesday 1st December 2004
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Meath Arts Centre and Theatre - construction continues
The new 320-seat theatre and arts centre for Navan and Meath has commenced on site on the corner of Railway Street and Circular Road in the centre of Navan. Completion is due December 2005. More information is available under CIVIC
Posted: Saturday 1st November 2003
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Bocconi University, Milan - construction begins
Construction has begun on new buildings designed by Grafton Architects at the Universita Luigi Bocconi, Milan, comprising 45,000 square metres of office and research space.
Posted: Saturday 1st November 2003
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Three schools by Grafton Architects feature at the OPUS Architecture Awards
Ard Scoil Mhuire was cited as an AWARD in the Over 5m category, with Colaiste Eoin agus Colaiste osag in receiving a Special Mention. Also receiving a Special Mention was North Kildare Educate Together School in the Under 5m category.
Posted: Saturday 1st November 2003
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New building for the Bocconi University Milan to be exhibited in Paris, London and Berlin
The new building for Bocconi University is featured in an exhibition entitled 'La Rinascita del Futuro' [The Revival of the Future] and will travel to Paris, London and Berlin. It opens in Paris on October 26th 2004 and runs for 10 days in the Pavillion d'Arsenal. The theme of the exhibition is new architectural projects for the city of Milan. It is organised by Regione Lombardia, Comune di Milano and Fondazione Fiera Milano.
Posted: Saturday 1st November 2003
