Gilroy McMahon

Des McMahon (b.1940) studied Art and Arts and Crafts before entering architecture at the Dublin Institute of Technology, graduating 1969. Established Gilroy McMahon in 1971. Received first price in the Department of Education architectural competition for generic solutions to the national community school brief (1975). Received the RIAJ Triennial Gold Medal in 1993 for the Extension to the Dublin Institute of Technology, Bolton Street, Dublin. He has lecturered in Ireland, the United Kingdom and Finland, and has taught at the Dublin Institute of Technology. On 30 November 2015, the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland awarded its James Gandon Medal for lifetime achievement in architecture to Des McMahon. Inaugurated in 2011, this was the third time that the James Gandon medal was presented.