The President, The Board of Governors, and The Architecture Committee of the National Arts Club present
Medal of Honor for Achievement in Architecture
Frida Escobedo
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
6 p.m. Cocktails | 7:30 p.m. Dinner
Frida Escobedo established her eponymous studio in Mexico City in 2006. The studio’s reputation, initially built on the strength of a series of competition-winning projects in her native country, has achieved global scope since, in 2018, she received the prestigious appointment to design the annual Serpentine Pavilion in London’s Kensington Gardens, becoming the youngest architect to date to undertake the project.
Her practice defies the traditional boundaries of the discipline, operating at a wide array of scales and mediums, from buildings and experimental conservation projects to temporary installations and public sculpture, limited edition objects, publications, and exhibition design. Most recently, Escobedo was appointed as the architect to design the new Modern and Contemporary Wing for The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, becoming the youngest and first woman to design a building for the institution. Following her appointment as the Design Architect for The Tang Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Escobedo opened a studio in New York City in 2022.
Escobedo is the recipient of numerous accolades, including the Architectural League of New York’s Young Architects Forum Award (2009) and the Architectural League Emerging Voices Award (2017). In 2019, she was honored as an International Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and the studio was named by the seminal architecture magazine DOMUS as one of the world’s “100+ Best Architecture Firms.” In addition to her practice, she has taught at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, the Architectural Association of London, and Harvard’s Graduate School of Design.