Architecture is "stressful, painful and terrifying" say Grafton Architects founders

Grafton Architects is one of the world's most decorated architecture studios. In this interview, founders Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara explain how they stay motivated after 46 years in practice.
Among the Irish studio's long list of prestigious accolades are the RIBA Royal Gold Medal, the Stirling Prize and the Pritzker Architecture Prize.
But the awards did not arrive overnight. Farrell and McNamara established Grafton Architects in Dublin in 1978, naming the studio after the street wher