Valerie Mulvin

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Born1956 (age 6970)
OccupationArchitect
SpouseNiall McCullough
Valerie Mulvin
Born1956 (age 6970)
Alma materUniversity College Dublin
Trinity College Dublin
OccupationArchitect
SpouseNiall McCullough
Children1
AwardsElected to Aosdána (2020)
PracticeMcCullough Mulvin
Websitemcculloughmulvin.com/studio/team/valerie-mulvin

Valerie Mulvin FRIAI (born 1956)[1] is an Irish architect.[2] She is a member of Aosdána, an elite Irish association of artists.[3][4]

Mulvin was born in Dublin in 1956,[5] the eldest child in a family of six; her father worked in insurance and they lived in Dublin and London.[6]

Career

James Ussher Library, designed by Mulvin
Long Room Hub (left)

Mulvin attended University College Dublin where she met Niall McCullough, her professional partner and later husband; they graduated in 1981 and founded McCullough Mulvin Architects in 1986, and in 1987 published A Lost Tradition: The Nature of Architecture in Ireland.[7] In 1991 she completed a master's degree in Urban Studies (MLitt) at Trinity College Dublin.[8]

Mulvin worked on buildings such as Blackrock Further Education Institute and Public Library, the Irish Architecture Foundation, the Trinity Long Room Hub and the James Ussher Library. In 2020 she was elected to Aosdána.[9][10]

Personal life

Mulvin married Niall McCullough; he died in 2021.[7]

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