O’Donnell + Tuomey Architects

Formed in 1988 by Sheila O’Donnell and John Tuomey, who had both previously worked for Stirling Wilford in London. They were part of the loose grouping of architects known as Group 91 Architects who were the masterplanners for the regeneration of Dublin’s Temple Bar district in the early 1990s.

Their Ranelagh Multidenominational School won the RIAI Triennial Gold Medal in 2000. Five of their projects were shortlisted for the Stirling Prize: the Ranelagh 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 Centre in 2014. Winners of the RIBA Gold Medal 2015. Recipiants of the 2025 RIAI Gandon Medal for their outstanding contribution to architecture in Ireland, the UK and Europe.