John established O’Donnell+Tuomey with Sheila O’Donnell in 1988. The son of a civil engineer, he grew up on building sites, learning to draw on the back of his father’s blueprints.

In this episode, your host, Elizabeth McIntyre and special guest, John Tuomey, have an engaging conversation which covers topics such as; 

• The influence of having an engineer as a father; 
• Moving for his fathers' job and how this shaped his sense of space; 
• Travelling in London and Paris; 
• The story behind his first job with John Sterling;
• Working with his partner in work and life; 
• Teaching architecture at UCD;
• The use of brick in architecture, and John's appreciation of it; 
• and much more... 

 

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Mentioned in this episode:

London School of Economics Building

O'Donnell Tuomey

Dublin Ireland

Architectural Design Magazine

Le Corbusier

John Sterling

Think Brick Awards

 

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