The World didn’t notice for twenty-five years.
GRAFTON ARCHITECTS
UNIVERSITA LUIGI BOCCONI 2008 Milan, Italy Education Built
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Grafton Architects has been open for 25 years with only built work in Ireland, very few people have heard of them.
Type Commisions: 11 Competitions: 1
Awards 11
Program Retail: 2 Housing: 1 Education: 5 Hotel: 1 Public: 2
Status Completed: 9 Ongoing: 2
Publications/Media 4
Lectures 1
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1978-2008 Selected Events
Yvonne Farrell Shelley McNamara co-found Grafton Architects
1978
Studio Lecturer at University College Dublin
19772009
Temple Bar Square completed in Dublin, Ireland
1996
Denzille Lane Cinema completed in Dublin, Ireland
1999
North Kildare Educate Together compeleted in Kildare, Ireland
2003
10_10x2 publication by Phaidon selects four projects by Grafton Architects to publish
2004
10_10x2 publication by Phaidon selects four projects by Grafton Architects to publish
2004
Grafton Architects wins Architectural Association of Ireland Award
2005
Universita Luigi Bocconi is complete
2008
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PROJECT
Universita Luigi Bocconi, located in Milan, is their first completed work outside of Ireland. (2008)
PROJECT
Universita Luigi Bocconi School of Economics Unversity Campus 45,000 sm Milan, Ittaly
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Universita Luigi Bocconi gets recognition from institutions around the world, putting Grafton on the map.
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Building Timeline Selected Events
Universita Luigi Bocconi is completed
2008
Dezeen published article on Universita Luigi Boccon by Grafton Architects
2008
World Architecture Festival, Building of the Year Award, Universita Luigi Bocconi
2008
Grafton gives eight lectures around the world from Milan to NYC regarding Universita Luigi Bocconi
2008
Mies van der Rohe Awards Finalist - Universita Luigi Bocconi
2009
Architectural Association of Ireland Downes Medal - Universita Luigi Bocconi
2009
USC Price School establishes foregin exchange program with Universita Luigi Bocconi
2015
RIAI Institute of Architects of Ireland Gold Medal for Architecture, Universita Luigi Bocconi
2018
QS World University Rankings ranks Universita Luigi Bocconi as #7th University Worldwide in Business
2020
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Grafton becomes a global firm, lecturing at Harvard, Curating the Venice Biennale, and eventaully winning the Pritzker Prize. Type Commisions: 24 Competitions: 8
Awards 46
Program Retail: 2 Housing: 1 Education: 14 Hotel: 1 Public: 4 Office: 2 Cultural: 1
Status Completed: 18 Ongoing: 6
Publications/Media 50+
Lectures 100+
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2008-Present Selected Events
Yvonne & Shelley begins teaching at Mendrisio Accademia di Architettura
20082010
Yvonne & Shelley awarded Kenzo Tange Chair at Harvard Graduate School of Design
2010
Yvonne & Shelley awarded Louis Kahn Chair at Yale School of Architecture
2011
New University Campus for UTEC Lima completed in Peru
2015
Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize Finalist
2016
Grafton Architects to curate 2018 Venice Biennale
2018
Institut Mines Telecom completed in Paris Saclay, France
2019
Institut Mines Telecom completed in Paris Saclay, France
2019
Grafton Architects awarded Pritzker Prize
2020
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