12 Facts About Shelley McNamara

Shelley McNamara was born on 1952 and is an Irish architect and academic.

Shelley McNamara attended University College Dublin and graduated in 1974 with a Bachelor of Architecture.

Shelley McNamara founded Grafton Architects with Yvonne Farrell in 1978.

Together with Yvonne Farrell, Shelley McNamara established Grafton Architects in Dublin in 1978, naming it after Grafton Street in the city.

Shelley McNamara described her approach to architecture as "rather than thinking of a space and then finding a structure for it, we make a structure and that, in turn, makes a space" and "the enjoyment in architecture is the sense of weight being borne down or supported".

Shelley McNamara has worked as a studio lecturer at the School of Architecture in UCD since 1976.

Shortly after graduating from University College, Dublin, Shelley McNamara began teaching at the school along with Yvonne Farrell, where she taught consistently between 1976 and 2002.

Shelley McNamara became a full professor at Mendrisio in 2013.

In 2010, Shelley McNamara held the Kenzo Tange Chair at Harvard Graduate School of Design and the Louis Kahn Chair at Yale University in Fall 2011.

Shelley McNamara served as an external examiner at Cambridge University and The London Metropolitan School of Architecture.

Shelley McNamara is a fellow of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects.

Shelley McNamara was the first architect to be elected a member of Aosdana, an association of Irish artists.