Róisín Heneghan Explained

Róisín Heneghan
Birth Date:	^[1]
Birth Place:	Belmullet, County Mayo.^[2]
Nationality:	Irish
Alma Mater:	University College of Dublin Harvard University.
Practice:	Heneghan Peng Architects
Significant Projects:	Aras Chill Dara, School of Architecture and Learning Centre Greenwich University, Giants Causeway Visitor Centre, Grand Museum of Egypt

Róisín Heneghan is an Irish architect and designer. She is co-founder of Heneghan Peng Architects along with her husband Shi-Fu Peng.^[3] The company was established in New York in 1999 but was shifted to Dublin in 2001. In 2014, she was shortlisted for Architects' Journal Woman Architect of the Year.^[4] In 2024, she was inducted into Aosdána.^[2]

Education

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

Projects

• The Palestinian Museum, Palestine, Under Construction, May 2016^[5]
• Airbnb's European Operations Hub, Dublin, 2014^[6]
• Irish Pavilion, Venice Bienalle, 2011^[7]
• Giant's Causeway Visitor Centre^[8]
• Grand Egyptian Museum, Cairo^[4]

Awards

• American Institute of Architects 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^[9]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Architecture Roisin Heneghan. Arts Council (Ireland).
2. Web site: Belmullet architect is elected to Aosdána. 29 March 2024. Western People.
3. News: Shih . Sibyl . Lo . James . INTERVIEW/Taiwan-born architect brings life, death into Egyptian museum design . 30 October 2024 . Central News Agency . 25 October 2025.
4. Web site: 2014-01-10 . AJ Releases Shortlist for 2014 Woman Architect of the Year . 2023-11-03 . ArchDaily . en-US.
5. Web site: designboom . cat garcia menocal I. . 2013-06-26 . palestinian museum by heneghan peng 'acts as a communicator' . 2023-11-03 . designboom architecture & design magazine . en.
6. Web site: 2014-04-01 . Airbnb’s European Operations Hub in Dublin / Heneghan Peng Architects . 2023-11-03 . ArchDaily . en-US.
7. http://archiseek.com/2012/irish-pavilion-opens-at-venice-biennale/ Irish Pavilion opens at Venice Biennale
8. http://www.archdaily.com/280775/giants-causeway-visitor-centre-heneghan-peng-architects/ Giants Causeway Visitor Centre / Heneghan & Peng Architects
9. Web site: Róisín Heneghan . 2022-09-03 . UCD Alumni Awards . en-GB.