11 Facts About Kathryn Findlay

Kathryn Findlay moved to England at the end of her first year in 1972 to study at the Architectural Association.

Kathryn Findlay formed the architectural practice, Ushida Kathryn Findlay, in Tokyo in 1986 with her then-husband, Eisaku Ushida.

Kathryn Findlay was appointed as the first female academic in the Department of Architecture at the Tokyo University and the first foreigner to teach there since the 19th century Meiji Period.

Ushida Kathryn Findlay built the Truss Wall House and Soft and Hairy House with their practice gaining recognition.

Kathryn Findlay eventually returned to London and took her practice with her after having split from her husband in 1999.

Kathryn Findlay worked on notable projects such as the RIBA Nominated Grafton New Hall and Pool House 2.

Kathryn Findlay was employed by the School of Architecture at the University of Dundee, becoming a professor of Architecture and Environment in 2006.

Kathryn Findlay was elected an Associate Member of the Royal Scottish Academy in 2007.

In 2012 Kathryn Findlay worked as a delivery architect for Anish Kapoor's monumental ArcelorMittal Orbit for the London Olympics.

Kathryn Findlay was made an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland on 11 September 2013.

Just hours before her death on 10 January 2014, Kathryn Findlay was awarded the 2014 Jane Drew Prize 'for her outstanding contribution to the status of women in architecture'.