EVA JIRICNA 'YOU WILL NEVER DEAL WITH PROJECTS OF AN INTERNATIONAL SCALE IF YOU DON'T GO ON SITE VISITS'

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Since winning the Jane Drew Prize last year for her outstanding contribution to the status of women in architecture, Eva Jiricna has been as busy as ever, working on a raft of international projects. The Czech-born architect, described by judges Zaha Hadid and Rafael Vinoly as 'incredibly influential' and 'extraordinary', is working on a conference and exhibition centre in Monaco and the complete renovation of a museum for the New York Historical Society facing Central Park, as well as a boutique hotel in historic Greenwich. Meanwhile Jiricna's Prague office is working on a major extension to a hospital specialising in bone-marrow transplants, and a new faculty of humanities in Moravia, involving the creation of two six-storey buildings and public realm.