Women Building Art!

~ Becky Ross Michael

From CNN’s Good Stuff:

The dramatic University of Engineering and Technology campus in Lima, Peru. Credit: Iwan Baan

Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara are the winners of the 2020 Pritzker Prize for architecture. The Irish pair are just the fourth and fifth women to claim the coveted prize in its 41-year history (The Pritzker is essentially the Nobel Prize for architecture). Farrell and McNamara co-founded the Dublin-based firm Grafton Architects, and they are known for their work on educational buildings. The pair have an affinity for dramatic yet metrical structures made of sturdy, uncomplicated materials like concrete and stone. The prize’s jury said the women are “beacons to others” in a largely male-dominated profession.

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Yvonne Farrell, left, and Shelley McNamara Credit: Alice Clancy
Note from Becky:
As extra inspiration for our budding architects, here are some great children’s books about this artistic form and more from Celebrate Picture Books!

 

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  7. Very cool! I had no idea there were so many children’s books devoted to architecture. If I were still teaching, I know I would be trying to get some of these books into the hands of my students.

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