Róisín Heneghan
Gensler Visiting Critic Róisín Heneghan was born in Ireland and studied architecture at University College Dublin. In 1992, she graduated with a master's degree in architecture from Harvard University. While at Harvard, she met Shih-Fu Peng, and they founded heneghan peng architects (hparc) in New York 1999. In 2001, they moved to Dublin after winning an open international architectural competition for the design of the Kildare Civic offices.
Today heneghan peng architects are based in Dublin and Berlin. Major projects include the Grand Museum of Egypt beside the Great Pyramids, the Giant's Causeway Visitors' Centre on the Causeway Coast World Heritage Site, the National Gallery of Ireland historic wings refurbishment, and the Palestinian Museum at Bir Zeit, which was awarded the Aga Khan Award in Architecture. Significant recent projects include the Visitors' Centre at the Botanic Gardens Berlin (with Studio Qwertz), Storm King Art Center in upstate New York, and the Kaiser Wilhelm Gedaechtnis Kirche in Berlin.
