Selma Harrington
Selma Harrington née Arnautović is a Bosnian-Irish architect and designer. She holds a PhD in architecture from the University of Strathclyde and an MPhil European Studies from the Trinity College Dublin. She is an executive board member and vice-president (2020–21) and served as president of the Architects' Council of Europe (ACE) (2010–11 and 2012–13).
Also recorded as Selma Arnautović
Selma Harrington
- Nationality
- Ireland · Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Occupation
- architect · designer
- Education
- University of Sarajevo
- Languages
- Irish
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Selma Harrington née Arnautović is a Bosnian-Irish architect and designer. She holds a PhD in architecture from the University of Strathclyde and an MPhil European Studies from the Trinity College Dublin. She is an executive board member and vice-president (2020–21) and served as president of the Architects' Council of Europe (ACE) (2010–11 and 2012–13).
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Selma Harrington. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q7448720 · wikipedia · Selma Harrington
In this article
Biography
Harrington was born and grew up in Sarajevo. She graduated in architecture (1978) and received a master's degree (1985) at the University of Sarajevo. Having practiced as architect, furniture and product designer in Sarajevo, she moved to Harare, Zimbabwe (1991), where she set up her own design firm specializing in interior architecture, design and refurbishment (1993–99). Over the years, she has completed projects in Europe, Africa and Asia in the areas of hotel and office interiors, residential and furniture design. Upon relocation to Dublin, Ireland, she developed a portfolio of conservation, renovation and retrofit design projects. In parallel, she developed an academic career by leading a Master's programme in Interior Architecture and engaging in research. She is a Member of the Royal Institute of Architects in Ireland (RIAI) and a Head of Irish Delegation to the Architects Council of Europe (ACE). Selma served as a secretary general of the European Council of Interior Architects (2004–2008), a President of the Institute of Designers in Ireland (IDI) - 2003 and an Honorary Treasurer of the Institute for Design and Disability in Ireland (IDDI) in 2001.
Primary material
Documents and archives
authority record
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q7448720: Selma Harrington
General reference · Wikidata
reference work
- “Selma Harrington”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
authority record
Secondary witnessreference work
Secondary witness
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 16 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Modern design
3,254 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Seamus BlackleyDesigner
- Sean BrownDesigner
- SebasDesigner
- Sébastien TruchetDesigner
- Serge ChermayeffDesigner
- Serge MouangueDesigner
- Sergey VoychenkoDesigner
- Sergi BastidasDesigner
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Selma Harrington?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.