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O'Donnell + Tuomey is an architectural practice based in Dublin, Ireland, described by the authors of Architects Today as one of "the godfathers of contemporary Irish architecture". [1] O'Donnell and Tuomey were the recipients of the 2015 Royal Gold Medal, awarded by the RIBA.

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The practice was established in 1988 [2] by Sheila O'Donnell and John Tuomey, [3] who had both previously worked for Stirling Wilford in London. [4] The pair formed part of Group 91 Architects, [4] the masterplanners for the regeneration of Dublin's Temple Bar district in the early 1990s. Both directors teach at University College Dublin [5] [6] and have lectured at schools of architecture in Europe, the UK and US, including Harvard Graduate School of Design, Princeton University, Cambridge University and the AA Architectural Association School of Architecture. [7] In 2010 they were elected Honorary Fellows of the American Institute of Architects. [7] In 2013 the practice received the ICON Architecture Practice of the Year Award. [8]

When asked about their work on the occasion of their Royal Gold Medal ceremony, Tuomey stated: "I fundamentally think that [we believe architecture is] to give shape to everyday routines of society, or to make a society out of those everyday routines. To have a building feel like it's part of the fabric of social life is second nature to us." [9]

Notable projects

The practice's Irish Film Centre and Gallery of Photography projects won the Downes Medal, in 1992 and 1996 respectively. [3] They subsequently designed a number of other notable buildings, including the Lewis Glucksman Gallery at University College Cork, [4] the Irish installation at the Venice Biennale 2004, and the Ranelagh Multidenominational School, which won the RIAI Triennial Gold Medal in 2005. Five of their projects were shortlisted for Stirling Prize: Ranelagh Multidenominational School in 1999, Lewis Glucksman Gallery in 2005, the Lyric Theatre in Belfast in 2011, An Gaeláras Irish Language Centre in 2012 and London School of Economics Saw Swee Hock Students' Centre in 2014.

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References

  1. ↑ Rattenbury, Kester; Bevan, Robert; Long, Keiran (2004). Architects Today. London: Laurence King Publishing. p. 46. ISBN   978-1-85669-492-6.
  2. ↑ Rattenbury, Kester (2004). Archaeology of the Air. Navado Press. p. 83. ISBN   978-8890145704.
  3. 1 2 Rattenbury, Kester; Bevan, Robert; Long, Keiran (2004). Architects Today. London: Laurence King Publishing. pp. 144–145. ISBN   978-1-85669-492-6.
  4. 1 2 3 Lappin, Sarah (2009). Full Irish: New Architecture in Ireland. New York: Princeton Architectural Press. pp. 210–214. ISBN   978-1-56898-868-9.
  5. ↑ "UCD Dublin Research Staff: Professor John Tuomey". UCD Dublin Research Staff. University College Dublin. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "UCD Dublin Research Staff: Sheila O'Donnell". UCD Dublin Research Staff. University College Dublin. Archived from the original on 23 November 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  7. 1 2 Space for Architecture: The Work of O'Donnell+Tuomey. Artifice Books on Architecture. 2014. p. 223. ISBN   978-1908967473.
  8. ↑ Pritchard, Owen. "Icon Award Winner: O'Donnell + Tuomey, Architecture practice of the year". ICON Magazine. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  9. ↑ "In Conversation With Sheila O'Donnell And John Tuomey, 2015 Royal Gold Medallists". ArchDaily. James Taylor-Foster. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
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