Alison Killing
{{short description|British architect and urban designer}}
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File:MJK39380 Alison Killing (See-Conference 2017).jpgAlison Killing is a British architect and urban designer.{{Cite web |last=Jessel |first=Ella |date=26 August 2021 |title=Alison Killing: The British architect who won a Pulitzer |url=https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/alison-killing-the-british-architect-who-won-a-pulitzer |access-date=24 August 2022 |website=The Architects’ Journal |language=en}} In 2010, she founded a studio for design and research in the field of architecture named Killing Architects. She is a TED Fellow as well.
Early life
She was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England and currently lives in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.{{cite web | url=http://www.thnk.org/people-of-thnk/person/alison-killing/ | title=Alison Killing | publisher=THNK | accessdate=11 June 2016}}
She studied architecture at King's College, Cambridge and Oxford Brookes.{{cite web | url=http://www.killingarchitects.com/about/ | title=About | publisher=Killing Architects | accessdate=11 June 2016}}{{cite web | url=https://www.ted.com/profiles/2039797 | title=Alison Killing | publisher=TED | accessdate=11 June 2016}}
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.{{cite web |title=The 2021 Pulitzer Prize Winner in International Reporting |url=https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/megha-rajagopalan-alison-killing-and-christo-buschek-buzzfeed-news |website=www.pulitzer.org |access-date=13 June 2021 |language=en}}{{cite news |author1=David Mack |author2=Tasneem Nashrulla |title=BuzzFeed News Has Won Its First Pulitzer Prize For Exposing China's System For Detaining Muslims |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/davidmack/pulitzer-prize-buzzfeed-news-won-china-detention-camps |access-date=13 June 2021 |work=BuzzFeed News |date=11 June 2021 |language=en}}{{cite news |author1=Amaris Castillo |title=BuzzFeed News wins its first Pulitzer Prize for series on China's mass detention of Muslims |url=https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2021/buzzfeed-news-wins-its-first-pulitzer-prize-for-series-on-chinas-mass-detention-of-muslims/ |access-date=13 June 2021 |work=Poynter |date=11 June 2021}}{{Cite web |last=Bernstein |first=Fred A. |date=28 June 2021 |title=Architect Alison Killing Wins a Pulitzer for Uncovering Forced Labor Camps in China |url=https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15203-architect-alison-killing-wins-a-pulitzer-for-uncovering-forced-labor-camps-in-china?v=preview |access-date=24 August 2022 |website=Architectural Record}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.killingarchitects.com/ Killing Architects (Official website)]
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Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:21st-century British architects
Category:Alumni of King's College, Cambridge
Category:Alumni of Oxford Brookes University
Category:Architects from Northumberland
Category:British women architects
Category:English expatriates in the Netherlands
Category:Architects from Newcastle upon Tyne
Category:Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting winners
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