Women in Architecture Awards: Sheila O'Donnell, 2019 Architect of the Year and Xu Tiantian, Moira Gemmill Prize for Emerging Architects

01/03/2019. [New York] USA
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In its eighth year's Women in Architecture Awards have selected Sheila O’Donnell as Architect of the Year and Xu Tiantian to win the Moira Gemill Prize for Emerging Architecture in the 2019 Women in Architecture awards. The Architect of the Year award recognizes excellence in design specifically in the context of a recently completed project and the Moira Gemmill Prize for Emerging Architecture is awarded to women designers under the age of 45 who show design excellence indicative of a bright future.
New building. Central European University by O'Donnell + Tuomey. Photograph © Tamás Bujnovszky
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2019 Architect of the Year: Shiela O'Donnell. 
As the founding director of O'Donnell + Tuomey, her leadership and design excellence during her extensive career has enabled her to become a shining example of pioneer for female architects. Her work on Central European University of Budapest transformed the school which was once at risk for closure.

Jury's comments: "O'Donnell's passion for the buildings of the Central European University was rewarded with an exceptionally high-quality building which she evidently fought hard for. She is a role model for young women in architecture."

Moira Gemmill Prize Winner: Xu Tiantian. 
The Beijing based architect and founder of DnA Design and Architecture emphasizes "architectural acupuncture" in China's rural county of Songyang. Her work in a culmination of buildings that highlight the communities within the area. From the Wang Jing Memorial Hall, to the brown sugar factory her work exemplifies social impact and connectivity. In addition to the award Xu will receive a £10,000 prize fund which will support her continued professional development.
 
Jury's comment: "There is an effortlessness, maturity and deftness about Xu's work, which is equally translatable and relevant in rural China as north Yorkshire. Her projects are all deeply contextual, and executed with bravery and conviction"
Access. Central European University by O'Donnell + Tuomey. Photograph © Tamás Bujnovszky
Central European University by O'Donnell + Tuomey. Photograph © Tamás Bujnovszky Library. Central European University by O'Donnell + Tuomey. Photograph © Tamás Bujnovszky
Tofu Factory. Image © DnA
Brown Sugar Factory. Image © DnA
Brown Sugar Factory. Image © DnA
Wang Jing Memorial Hall. Image © DnA
Hakke Indenture Museum. Image © DnA
Tofu Factory. Image © DnA
Night view, access. Central European University by O'Donnell + Tuomey. Photograph © Tamás Bujnovszky
Exterior view. Saw Swee Hock Student Centre by O'Donnell + Tuomey. Photography © Dennis Gilbert
Interior view. Lewis Glucksman Gallery in Cork, Ireland, by O'Donnell + Tuomey. Photography © Alice Clancy. Image courtesy of RIBA
Sheila O'Donnell (L) and Xu TianTian (R). Image via O'Donnell + Tuomey and Eric Gregory Powell
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SHEILA O'DONNELL

Sheila O'Donnell (Dublin, Ireland, 1953), gets the B.Arch at University College Dublin in 1976, working for Spencer & Webster from 1978-1980, and Colquhoun and Miller between 1979 and 1980. In 1980, she obtained the Master of Arts from the Royal College of Art (RCA) in London, the same year she starts working for Stirling Wildford & Associates (London). O'Donnell has served as visiting professor at various universities like Princeton, Buffalo and Washington. He has been jury of awards such as the Royal Institute of British Architects (2005-2009), and member of the Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland (Ireland) and the American Institute of Architects.

Sheila O'Donnell and John Tuomey established O'Donnell + Tuomey in 1988. The practice has developed an international reputation for cultural, social and educational buildings including the Irish Film Centre, Ranelagh School, Furniture College, Letterfrack, Glucksman Gallery, Cork, Timberyard Social Housing and the Lyric Theatre in Belfast. They are currently engaged in the design of university buildings, schools, housing and mixed use buildings in Ireland and the UK. They have been involved in urban design projects including the Temple Bar regeneration in Dublin and the Zuid Poort masterplan in Delft. Both lecture in University College Dublin and have taught at a number of schools of architecture in UK and USA including AA, Cambridge, Princeton, Harvard, Syracuse and Buffalo Universities. O'Donnell + Tuomey's work has been widely published and exhibited and has received many national and international awards.

Xu Tiantian. DnA_Design and Architecture

DnA_Design and Architecture is an interdisciplinary practice addressing our contemporary living environment,both physical and social,from scales small to large.

Their approach to projects starts with research and discussion on context,program,and their interaction,which we believe are the fundamental elements,or the DnA,that will define design and architecture,to adapt,engage,and contribute to our society of multiplicity and complexity.

Contextprogram,and their potential relationship,will cultivate architecture into a multidimensional expression and generate new experiment and exploration for users.Architecture will continue to influence and inspire our contemporary life.

Xu Tiantian is founding principal of DnA_Design and Architecture Beijing Office.She received her master of Architecture in Urban Design from Harvard Graduate School of Design,and her baccalaureate in architecture from Tsinghua University in Beijing.Prior to establishing DnA Beijing,She worked at a number of design firms in the United States and the Netherlands.She has received 2006 WA China Architecture Award and 2008 Young Architects Award from The Architectural League New York.
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