Grafton Architects Together with
Yvonne Farrell, McNamara established Grafton Architects in Dublin in 1978, naming it after
Grafton Street in the city. , the practice employed 25 people, with McNamara and Farrell leading the designs. Their most celebrated building was for the
Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología in Peru, which won the
RIBA International Prize in 2016, as the best new building in the world that year. In addition to UCD, McNamara has been a visiting professor at
Oxford Brookes University,
Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio (2008– 2010), Oslo, and the
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (2010–2011). She became a full professor at Mendrisio in 2013. In 2010, McNamara held the Kenzo Tange Chair at
Harvard Graduate School of Design and the Louis Kahn Chair at
Yale University in Fall 2011. She served as an external examiner at
Cambridge University and The London Metropolitan School of Architecture. In addition to teaching, McNamara has lectured widely in European and American Schools of Architecture.
Publications McNamara, together with Yvonne Farrell, published the book
Dialogue and Translation: Grafton Architects in 2014. This book comprises the firm's work, architectural musings and a collection of lectures delivered at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation. It includes a critical commentary from
Kenneth Frampton. ==Personal life==