Kathryn Findlay

Kathryn Findlay
Born	26 January 1953 Forfar, Scotland
Died	10 January 2014
Nationality	British
Alma mater	Architectural Association
Occupation	Architect
Practice	Ushida Findlay Architects

Kathryn Findlay (26 January 1953 - 10 January 2014) was a British architect, born in Scotland, who spent 20 years working in Japan. She formed the architecture practice Ushida Findlay with her husband in 1986. In 1999 she returned to the UK where she had launched a new architecture company.

Findlay graduated from the Architectural Association in London in 1979. She was Associate Professor of Architecture at Tokyo University, Visiting Professor at the Technical University of Vienna and UCLA, and Honorary Professor at the University of Dundee.

The work of Ushida Findlay was variously described as neo-expressionist, organic modernist and surrealist. It was typified by the Soft and Hairy House, built in 1994 in Tsukuba, Japan. The roof garden was edible, surrounding a courtyard with a blue-blob bathroom protruding into the space.

Findlay died in January 2014, suffering from a brain tumour. The news of her death coincidentally broke at the same time as she was announced as winner of the 2014 Jane Drew Prize for her "outstanding contribution to the status of women in architecture".

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