Royal Institute ntawm British Architects Gold Medal yog qhov khoom plig qub tshaj plaws hauv lub ntiaj teb: nws tau muaj txij li xyoo 1848, thiab nws cov neeg tawm suab yog tus kheej pom zoo los ntawm huab tais, pib nrog poj huab tais Victoria. Nyob rau xyoo lawm tsis ntev los no, cov npe ntawm nws cov tswv tau luam tawm ntau qhov khoom plig Pritzker, Praemium Imperiale thiab cov khoom plig zoo sib xws, tab sis cov puav pheej kub tseem tseem yog qhov tseem ceeb los ntawm cov lus tseem ceeb ntawm British Isles - suav nrog cov neeg sau keeb kwm, theorists - lossis cov kws tshaj lij uas lawv ua haujlwm zoo tshaj plaws ntev dhau los, tab sis tau txais kev txaus siab tam sim no zoo li Neve Brown (2017).
Grafton tau tsim tsa xyoo 1978 hauv Dublin los ntawm Shelley McNamara thiab Yvonne Farrell, tab sis rov qab rau xyoo 2012 ntawm Venice Biennale lawv
tau txais lub "Nyiaj Tsov" raws li "kev cog lus" kws kes duab vajtse - rau kev koom nrog hauv kev nthuav qhia tseem ceeb. Tom qab ntawd lawv tau qhia lawv qhov haujlwm ntawm lub tsev kawm ntawv qib siab hauv Peruvian lub nroog Lima, uas nyob rau xyoo 2016 dhau los ua thawj lub tsev tsim cov khoom tshiab RIBA International Cov Khoom Noj. Pom tseeb, lawv tau lees paub tias "paub tab" - thiab tsis ntev lawv tus kheej tau los ua tus neeg saib xyuas ntawm 16-Venice Biennale. Lawv cov ntawv pov thawj tseem suav nrog kev lag luam tawm txawv: lawv Luigi Bocconi University hauv Milan los ua tus thawj yeej ntawm Grand Prix ntawm Ntiaj Teb Festival ntawm Architecture, tom qab ntawd tuav hauv Barcelona (2008). Kev ua haujlwm ntawm Grafton tau nyob rau hauv qhov kawg ntawm Mies van der Rohe thiab Sterling khoom plig.
McNamara thiab Farrell tsis yog tsuas yog ua ntau yam thiab ua tiav cov tsev kawm tiav hauv tsev kawm ntawv, tab sis kuj tseem qhia, ntxiv rau, ntau tus neeg sawv cev ntawm lub tsev kawm ci ntsa iab thiab nthuav ntawm architecture tau dhau los ntawm lawv lub chaw lis haujlwm. Yog li ntawd, lawv lub koob npe ntawm cov npoj yaig thiab compatriots yog qhov siab heev: lawv cov phiaj xwm yeej ib txwm nquag, loj-rau, khoom siv - thiab coj mus rau hauv tus account tib neeg xav tau, suav nrog cov kev xav hauv lub siab.
Lub npe ntawm lub rooj cob qhia yog los ntawm Grafton Street hauv Dublin: lub nroog tau cuam tshuam lawv txoj haujlwm, thiab lawv tau nyob ntawm yim tus hluas chav tsev, Group'91, uas tau kho dua tshiab hauv Dublin keeb kwm Tuam Tsev Bar tuam tsev hauv xyoo 1990.
Cov kws tsim choj, hauv kev teb rau cov xov xwm ntawm RIBA cov khoom plig, tau hais txog tias nws tseem muaj rau txhua tus ntawm lawv cov neeg ua haujlwm tam sim no thiab yav dhau los, cov qhua tuaj noj mov thiab cov kws cog lus ua haujlwm. Raws li McNamara thiab Farrell, rau lawv hais tias "architecture yog ib txoj haujlwm zoo, nrog lub peev xwm xav tias yuav muaj yav tom ntej. Nws muaj qhov tseem ceeb tshaj kev coj noj coj ua vim nws yog lub plhaub rau tib neeg lub neej. Tus qauv tsim txhais cov tib neeg xav tau thiab npau suav rau hauv daim ntawv ntawm lub tsev, mus rau hauv cov lus ntsiag to ntawm qhov chaw."
