In a meeting yesterday, The Board of La Biennale di Venezia appointed Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara of Grafton Architects as curators of the 16th International Architecture Exhibition in 2018. This marks the second time that the Venice Architecture Biennale will be directed by women, after Kazuyo Sejima's role as director for the 2010 Biennale.

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In a meeting yesterday, The Board of La Biennale di Venezia appointed Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara of Grafton Architects as curators of the 16th International Architecture Exhibition in 2018. This marks the second time that the Venice Architecture Biennale will be directed by women, after Kazuyo Sejima's role as director for the 2010 Biennale.
Engineering and Technology University - UTEC. Image © Iwan Baan

The architects, who founded their firm in 1977, have been involved in the Venice Biennale three times previously, exhibiting their work in 2002 and 2016, and winning the Silver Lion in 2012 for their design of the Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología (UTEC) campus in Lima, Peru. Completed in 2015, the UTEC campus also recently won the inaugural RIBA International Prize.

Engineering and Technology University - UTEC. Image © Iwan Baan

Much of Farrell and McNamara's works have been completed in their home country of Ireland, where they are well-known for their educat...