A complete study of the work of the award-winning Irish practice, known for their sensitivity to cultural context and local conditions Winners of the Silver Lion Award at the Venice Biennale in 2012, Farrell and McNamara will curate the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale, under the theme 'Freespace' - only the second time that the exhibition will be directed by women, after Kazuyo Sejima in 2010.Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara are 2017 Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medalists in Architecture, awarded by The University of Virginia and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello.Amongst others, Grafton are currently working on projects for: the London School of Economics; the School of Economics, Toulouse, France; and the Parnell Square Cultural Quarter Project, Dublin.