Róisín Heneghan is an Irish

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. She is co-founder of Heneghan Peng Architects along with Shi-Fu Peng. The company was established in New York in 1999 but was shifted to Dublin in 2001. In 2014, she was shortlisted for ''

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Education

Róisín Heneghan received a Bachelor of Architecture (1987) from the University College of Dublin and holds a Master of Architecture from

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Projects

* The Palestinian Museum, Palestine, Under Construction, May 2016 *Airbnb's European Operations Hub, Dublin, 2014 * Irish Pavilion, Venice Bienalle, 2011 *

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Visitor Centre *

Grand Egyptian Museum The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM; ''al-Matḥaf al-Maṣriyy al-Kabīr''), also known as the Giza Museum, is an archaeological museum under construction in Giza, Egypt. It will house artifacts of ancient Egypt, including the complete Tutankhamun ...

, Cairo

Awards

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Award, 2001
"Young Architects Forum" Architectural League of New York
1999 *Boston Society of Architects Unbuilt Project Awards, 1998 *UCD Alumni Award English & Architecture 2020

References

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