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Alison Killing is a British architect and urban designer.
In 2010, she founded a studio for design and research in the field of architecture named
Killing Architects.
She is a
TED Fellow
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as well.
Early life
She was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England and currently lives in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
She studied
architecture
Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing building ...
at
King's College, Cambridge
King's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Formally The King's College of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge, the college lies beside the River Cam and faces out onto King's Parade in the centre of the city ...
and
Oxford Brookes
Oxford Brookes University (formerly known as Oxford Polytechnic) is a public university in Oxford, England. It is a new university, having received university status through the Further and Higher Education Act 1992. The university was named ...
.
Pulitzer Prize
Killing was part of the team that produced a series of innovative articles that used
satellite images
Satellite images (also Earth observation imagery, spaceborne photography, or simply satellite photo) are images of Earth collected by imaging satellites operated by governments and businesses around the world. Satellite imaging companies sell im ...
, 3D architectural models, and in-person interviews to expose China’s vast infrastructure for detaining hundreds of thousands of Muslims in its Xinjiang region and won the 2021
Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting
This Pulitzer Prize has been awarded since 1942 for a distinguished example of reporting on international affairs, including United Nations correspondence. In its first six years (1942–1947), it was called the Pulitzer Prize for Telegraphic R ...
.
References
External links
Killing Architects (Official website)
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
British women architects
Architects from Northumberland
Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting winners
21st-century British architects
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