È Sheila O'Donnellco-founder of the Irish firm O'Donnell+Tuomey the prize winner Architect of the Yearreserved for women and awarded annually by The Architectural Review.
In particular, Sheila O'Donnell was awarded for its Central European University of Budapest (2016), to which his partner also contributed John Tuomey.
Also competing with her were other important names in international architecture such as Carmen Pigem, by RCR Arquitectes and winner of the award Pritzker, Ellen van Loona partner of OMA, and Ev Prats of Flores & Prats.
Sheila O'Donnell in 2015 he had also received, along with Tuomey, the Royal Gold Medal of Royal Institute of British Architects.
In addition to Sheila O'Donnel, other protagonists of international architecture were honoured at Women in Architecture. The Chinese Xu Tiantian of Beijing-based studio DnA won the award Moira Gemmill Prize for Emerging Architectureaward dedicated to the late director of the Victoria&Albert Design Department. Xu Tiantian won a prize of £10,000, beating off competition from Lina Ghotmeh by French studio Lina Ghotmeh Architecture, Irene Pérez by Spanish studio TEd'A Arquitectes and Jeannette Kuo by the Swiss firm Karamuk Kuo.
Other prizes awarded during the event were the Jane Drew Prizeassigned to Elizabeth Dillerby US studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro, while photographer Hélène Binet won theAda Louise Huxtable Prize.
The objective of the annual award Women in Architecturebanned by the periodical The Architectural Review with sister header The Architects' Journalis to highlight female excellence in architecture, which is often less considered than its male counterpart.
