Murray was named an honorary fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 2016 for her contribution to architecture[4] and was named an honorary fellow of Royal Incorporation of Architects In Scotland in 2022.
She studied English literature at the University of Toronto and holds an MA in Creative Writing and English Literature from Concordia University in Montreal.
Murray firstly, interned at i-D magazine after winning the Jane Mussett Bursary for aspiring fashion journalists in 2000.
[7] While at the Architects' Journal, she founded the Women in Architecture Awards which revived the Jane Drew Prize as a career achievement award for women in architecture.
After her departure in 2018,[10] Murray founded The Developer and the Festival of Place, publishing the first edition of The Developer magazine in March 2019 and hosting the first Festival of Place conference in July at Tobacco Dock in East London.