Moira Gemmill

Moira Gemmill
Moira Gemmill
Born(1959-09-18)18 September 1959
Kintyre, Scotland
Died9 April 2015(2015-04-09) (aged 55)
Alma materGlasgow School of Art
Known forArts administration

Moira Gemmill (18 September 1959 – 9 April 2015) was head of design and exhibitions at the Museum of London and director of design at the Victoria and Albert Museum from 2002 until early 2015. Shortly before her death, in February 2015, she had been appointed to the job of director of capital programmes at the Royal Collection Trust. Gemmill died after being in a collision with a lorry at the Millbank roundabout, near Lambeth Bridge, while cycling from her home at Kennington to her job at St James's Palace.[1][2][3][4]

On 20 April 2015, campaign group Stop Killing Cyclists held a vigil at the site of Gemmill's death to protest the number of cyclists dying on British roads.[5][6]

Moira Gemmill Prize for Emerging Architecture

The Moira Gemmill Prize for Emerging Architecture, awarded yearly since 2016 as part of the Women in Architecture Awards[7] by the The Architectural Review and the Architects' Journal, was named in memory of Moira Gemmill.[8]

Further reading

References

  1. ↑ "Moira Gemmill, design director – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 10 April 2015.
  2. ↑ Jones, Mark (19 April 2015). "Moira Gemmill obituary". The Guardian.
  3. ↑ "Tributes paid to killed cyclist Moira Gemmill". BBC News. 10 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "Cyclist death: Arts and design visionary Moira Gemmill killed by HGV on way to work". The Independent. 10 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Cyclists hold vigil for Moira Gemmill". architectsjournal.co.uk. 21 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Cyclists hold 'die-in' vigil at Lambeth Bridge after death of Moira Gemmill". Evening Standard. London. 21 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "W Awards". The Architectural Review. Retrieved 2 July 2026.
  8. ↑ Emily Booth (10 February 2016). "Women in Architecture Awards 2016: shortlists revealed". W Awards (The Architectural Review). Retrieved 2 July 2026. The Moira Gemmill Prize for Emerging Architecture award has been named in memory of the late Moira Gemmill, [...]
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