Alison Killing

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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]

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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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Jessel, Ella (26 August 2021). "Alison Killing: The British architect who won a Pulitzer". The Architects’ Journal. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Alison Killing". TED. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  3. 1 2 "About". Killing Architects. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  4. 1 2 "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.