Sheila O’Donnell and John Tuomey established O’Donnell+Tuomey in 1988. The practice has an international reputation for cultural, social and educational buildings including the Irish Film Centre, Ranelagh School, Letterfrack Furniture College, Glucksman Gallery Cork, Timberyard Social Housing, Lyric Theatre in Belfast, Saw Swee Hock Student Centre at the LSE and the Central European University in Budapest.

They have been involved in urban design projects including the Temple Bar regeneration in Dublin, the Zuidpoort masterplan in Delft and the Stratford Cultural and Educational District in East London. Both are Professors at University College Dublin and have taught at schools of architecture in the UK and USA including AA, Cambridge, Princeton and Harvard.

Their work has been widely published and exhibited and has received many national and international awards. They were joint recipients of the RIBA Royal Gold Medal 2015.

Sheila O’Donnell
Born Dublin 1953

• B.Arch. University College Dublin, 1976
• Spence and Webster, London, 1976-78
• MA RCA Royal College of Art, London 1980
• Colquhoun and Miller, London, 1979-80
• Stirling Wilford and Associates, London, 1980-81
• Studio Lecturer UCD, 1981-2016
• Visiting Critic, Princeton University, 1987
• Architecture and Culture Conference Venezuela, 1993
• Fellow of the Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland, 1994
• RIBA Awards Jury, 2005-2009
• Member of Aosdána, 2009
• Martell Distinguished Visiting Critic, University of Buffalo, 2010
• Honorary Fellow of American Institute of Architects, 2010
• AIA 60th Honor Awards Jury, 2010
• Mahlum Lecturer, University of Washington, 2010
• Visiting Critic, Harvard GSD, 2013
• Royal Gold Medal, RIBA, 2015
• Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, 2015
• Brunner Prize, American Academy of Arts and Letters, 2015
• Professor, University College Dublin, 2016

John Tuomey
Born Tralee 1954

• Studio Lecturer UCD, 1980-2008
• Visiting Critic, Princeton University, 1987, 1993
• Visiting Critic, GSD Harvard, 1988-89
• External Examiner AA 1988-94, Cambridge 1993-98,
• Oxford 1993, UEL 1996-98
• President Architectural Association of Ireland, 1992-93
• Fellow of the Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland, 1994
• M.Arch. University College Dublin, 2004
• Professor of Architectural Design, University College Dublin, 2008
• Chair of RIBA Stirling Prize Jury, 2009
• Member of Aosdána, 2010
• Honorary Fellow of American Institute of Architects, 2010
• Visiting Critic, GSD Harvard, 2013
• Royal Gold Medal, RIBA, 2015
• Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, 2015
• Brunner Prize, American Academy of Arts and Letters, 2015