Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara, cofounders of Grafton Architects, take home the top award in the field of architecture in 2020.
The Pritzker Architecture Prize announced its winners today, making history by naming a pair of women for architecture's top honor.
Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara have today been named the 2020 recipients of the Pritzker Prize for their work as cofounders of Grafton Architects. The Pritzker Prize has been around for 41 years, awarding, with Farrell and McHamara now included, 48 laureates. The duo are only the fourth and fifth women ever to win the award.
The news on the 2020 Pritzker Architecture Prize spread quickly. Here is a sample of related news from a variety of media outlets.
- Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara of Grafton Architects Win 2020 Pritzker Prize (Architectural Record)
- Irish women win Pritzker prize, architecture's highest honour (The Guardian)
- Pritzker Prize 2020: Irish duo's win marks rare victory for women in the 'Nobel of architecture' (CNN)
- The male-centric Pritzkers honor a female architectural team for 2020 (Los Angeles Times)
- Chicago’s coveted Pritzker Architecture Prize goes to 2 women architects from Ireland (Chicago Tribune)
- 2020 Pritzker Prize goes to Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara (Curbed)
For coverage of previous awardees, see Planetizen's Pritzker Prize tag.
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