dePaor is an architectural practice based in Ireland. Established in 1991, the practice seeks for design to communicate spatially and in detail regardless of programme or location. Underpinned by a conviction in the creative design process and international in its outlook, the work illustrates a concern with perception, construction and tradition. Innovative, strategically small and without specialisation, the practice is interested in architectural design across the scales and from first principles. With a concern for environmental, social and economic sustainability, the work is informed by sensitivity to context, the material experience of construction and light.
The portfolio has been internationally recognised, with multiple industry awards since the visitor building at Ballincollig, Co. Cork, a commission won in 1991. The practice has expanded its expertise to a diverse range of projects in the public realm culminating most recently in an art house cinema complex in Galway, Ireland. Its public client list includes Cork County Council, Dublin City Council, Galway City Council, the Office of Public Works of Ireland, the Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland, the Hugh Lane Gallery Dublin, the Arts Council of Ireland, the Arts Council of England, Centro West Midlands Rail, the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, the Hillside Gallery Tokyo and La Biennale di Venezia. The work of the practice has been extensively published and exhibited internationally including pavilions at the Venice Biennale on five occasions.
Tom de Paor b.arch F.RIAI Int.F.RIBA
graduated from UCD in 1991. He is a regular visiting critic and lecturer there and at other schools of architecture nationally and internationally. Since 2016, he is Design Critic at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.
Under the title Gall, a collaborative practice with Peter Maybury, he works on exhibition, sculpture, film and print. To date five titles have been published ‘N3’, ‘Circle Book’, ‘Reservoir’, ‘Irlanda’ ,‘Of’ and ‘Desert’.
He was elected Fellow of the Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland and voted Young Architect of the Year by Building Design / Corus in 2003. In 2014 he was nominated in the BSI Swiss Architecture Awards, to recognise architects under 50 worldwide who are deemed to have made a significant contribution to contemporary architecture. In 2015 he was awarded membership of Aosdána, and in 2017 was elected International Fellow of the RIBA.
contributors
B. Thornycroft, A. Hofheinz, M. Yuzuriha, N. Almeida, D. Burke, H. Campbell, N. Carvalho, A. Casey, A. Clancy, A. Cocherane, S. Connolly, A. Creaney, P. Crowley, E. Deenan, A. Dempsey, K. Donovan, B. Doyle, F. Doyle, F. Dunne, D. Egan, C. Faulkner, L. P. Fernandes, O. Jacob, G. Keogh, A. Kopar, D. Lally, M. Laroussi, P. Lawlor, P. Lee, D. Leech, J. Mackey, T. Maher, R. McCluskey, D. McKenna, J. Muller, R. Murray, S. Nishida, M. O'Neill, Y. Ophaus, B. Riberaygua, J. Roberts, A. Ryan, C. Ryan, S. Shortt, K. Smith, B. Smyth, I. Tracy, K. Walsh, B. Ward, S. Williams
collaborators
C. Brew, G. Ellard and S. Johnstone, H. Lorrigan, A. Maher, P. Maybury, E. O'Connell, C. O'Gaora, E. O'Neill, E. Pearce, J. Poncelet, V. Roche, P. Scott
The portfolio has been internationally recognised, with multiple industry awards since the visitor building at Ballincollig, Co. Cork, a commission won in 1991. The practice has expanded its expertise to a diverse range of projects in the public realm culminating most recently in an art house cinema complex in Galway, Ireland. Its public client list includes Cork County Council, Dublin City Council, Galway City Council, the Office of Public Works of Ireland, the Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland, the Hugh Lane Gallery Dublin, the Arts Council of Ireland, the Arts Council of England, Centro West Midlands Rail, the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, the Hillside Gallery Tokyo and La Biennale di Venezia. The work of the practice has been extensively published and exhibited internationally including pavilions at the Venice Biennale on five occasions.
Tom de Paor b.arch F.RIAI Int.F.RIBA
graduated from UCD in 1991. He is a regular visiting critic and lecturer there and at other schools of architecture nationally and internationally. Since 2016, he is Design Critic at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.
Under the title Gall, a collaborative practice with Peter Maybury, he works on exhibition, sculpture, film and print. To date five titles have been published ‘N3’, ‘Circle Book’, ‘Reservoir’, ‘Irlanda’ ,‘Of’ and ‘Desert’.
He was elected Fellow of the Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland and voted Young Architect of the Year by Building Design / Corus in 2003. In 2014 he was nominated in the BSI Swiss Architecture Awards, to recognise architects under 50 worldwide who are deemed to have made a significant contribution to contemporary architecture. In 2015 he was awarded membership of Aosdána, and in 2017 was elected International Fellow of the RIBA.
contributors
B. Thornycroft, A. Hofheinz, M. Yuzuriha, N. Almeida, D. Burke, H. Campbell, N. Carvalho, A. Casey, A. Clancy, A. Cocherane, S. Connolly, A. Creaney, P. Crowley, E. Deenan, A. Dempsey, K. Donovan, B. Doyle, F. Doyle, F. Dunne, D. Egan, C. Faulkner, L. P. Fernandes, O. Jacob, G. Keogh, A. Kopar, D. Lally, M. Laroussi, P. Lawlor, P. Lee, D. Leech, J. Mackey, T. Maher, R. McCluskey, D. McKenna, J. Muller, R. Murray, S. Nishida, M. O'Neill, Y. Ophaus, B. Riberaygua, J. Roberts, A. Ryan, C. Ryan, S. Shortt, K. Smith, B. Smyth, I. Tracy, K. Walsh, B. Ward, S. Williams
collaborators
C. Brew, G. Ellard and S. Johnstone, H. Lorrigan, A. Maher, P. Maybury, E. O'Connell, C. O'Gaora, E. O'Neill, E. Pearce, J. Poncelet, V. Roche, P. Scott
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