Jeana Gearty

Director

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MRIAI
BSc Arch TCD 1995
Dip Arch DIT Bolton St 1995

Jeana studied architecture in the Dublin Institute of Technology, Bolton St and worked in New York and Sydney before joining O’Donnell + Tuomey in 1999. She was appointed Associate in 2006 and Director in 2017.

Her first major project was UCD CRID. She has lead and delivered award winning projects across sectors with particular expertise in educational design, housing and theatre. In particular she led the Timberyard Housing in Dublin and St Angela’s College, Cork and was Associate in charge of projects such as the Lyric Theatre Belfast, Sean O’Casey Community Centre, Cherry Orchard School, Galbally Housing and a number of one off houses.

Her current projects include a new 550 seat dance theatre and studios for Sadler’s Wells East, which is part of a wider new Cultural and Educational District in East London that includes new buildings for the V&A, BBC Music and London College of Fashion. She is also leading the ODT team for the Academic Hub and Library in Grangegorman as part of the TU Dublin Campus Masterplan.

Since 2019 she has been an examiner for the UCD Professional Practice Diploma in Architecture. She is currently an external examiner for TU Dublin Bachelor of Architecture.