Gabriela Carrillo, an architect from Mexico, has been named the overall winner of the Royal Academy’s Dorfman Prize 2023.
This award recognises architecture from all over the world that looks towards the future of architectural practise. Taller Gabriela Carrillo was chosen because of her work’s accuracy and clarity.
Today, November 2, the Benjamin West Conference Theatre hosted the awards ceremony. The finalist projects from Mexico, Spain, and Vietnam were presented during this event.
Ed Tibuzzi, Beate Engelhorn, Sandra Woodall, Frederick Cooper, Ele Carpenter, Sadia Shirazi, Libby Minoprio, Marina Engel, Spencer de Gray RA, Fernando Tapia, Raymund Ryan, Eric Schuldenfrei, Jeremy Till, Nasser Rabbat, Philip Goad, Mimi Zeiger, Gianpiero Venturini, Alexandra Cruz, Dr. Harriet Harriss, Cristina Iglesias Studio, Adelia Borges, Ana Sokoloff, Penélope Plaza, Dirk van den Heuvel, Elisa Valero Ramos, Ang Chee Cheong, Stefan Gzyl, Itsuko Hasegawa, Laura Mark, Peter St John RA, and Louisa Hutton RA were among the members of the jury.
Mexican architect Gabriela Carrillo is a partner in the firm Taller Rocha + Carrillo |. In addition, Carrillo was a founding member of the group C733 for architectural design.
She received her degree from the National Autonomous University of Mexico’s (UNAM) Faculty. She joined forces with Taller de Arquitectura Mauricio Rocha + Gabriela Carrillo, his architectural firm, in 2012.
At universities in South America, the United States, and Mexico, she has conducted workshops and given lectures. Both domestically and internationally, her work has been published.
Carrillo was named Architect of the Year by Architectural Review and the Women in Architecture Awards by the Architects’ Journal in 2017.
Her designs incorporate context and environment sensitivity, as well as an appropriate selection of materials from the regions where his creations are established, as well as the best available technology.
She has participated in projects such as the San Pablo Cultural Centre (2013) in Oaxaca, the School of Plastic Arts in Oaxaca (2009), and the Ciudadela Library for the Blind and Visually Impaired (2013).
