Alison Killing

Alison Killing, 2017

Alison Killing is a British architect and urban designer.[1][2] In 2010, she founded a studio for design and research in the field of architecture named Killing Architects.[1][3] She is a TED Fellow as well.[4]

Early life

She was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England and currently lives in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.[1][4]

She studied architecture at King's College, Cambridge and Oxford Brookes.[3][2]

Pulitzer Prize

Killing was part of the team that produced a series of innovative articles that used satellite images, 3D architectural models, and in-person interviews to expose China’s vast infrastructure for detaining hundreds of thousands of Muslims in its Xinjiang region and won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting.[5][6][7][8]

References

  1. ^ a b c Jessel, Ella (26 August 2021). "Alison Killing: The British architect who won a Pulitzer". The Architects’ Journal. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Alison Killing". TED. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  3. ^ a b "About". Killing Architects. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Alison Killing". THNK. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  5. ^ "The 2021 Pulitzer Prize Winner in International Reporting". www.pulitzer.org. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  6. ^ David Mack; Tasneem Nashrulla (11 June 2021). "BuzzFeed News Has Won Its First Pulitzer Prize For Exposing China's System For Detaining Muslims". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  7. ^ Amaris Castillo (11 June 2021). "BuzzFeed News wins its first Pulitzer Prize for series on China's mass detention of Muslims". Poynter. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  8. ^ Bernstein, Fred A. (28 June 2021). "Architect Alison Killing Wins a Pulitzer for Uncovering Forced Labor Camps in China". Architectural Record. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
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