Tom de Paor

Tomás "Tom" de Paor FRIAI Int FRIBA (/də ˈpweɪr/; born 1967)[1] is an Irish architect[2] and member of Aosdána.[1]

Early life

de Paor was born in London in 1967 and raised in County Clare.[1]

Career

de Paor studied architecture at TU Dublin (1985–88) and in UCD (1989–91), where he graduated with first-class honours. He studied horticulture at the Botanic Gardens Dublin (2022-25).

Built works

In 1991 he won the international competition for the design of a reception building at the Royal Gunpowder Mills at Ballincollig, County Cork, which won an AAI award in 1993 and an RIAI award in 1994.[3]

Since then his public portfolio has included landscape and building works to the A13 in Barking and Dagenham in London (1996),[3][4] the National Sculpture Factory Cork (1998),[5][6] Comhdháil Naisiúnta na Gaeilge Dublin (1999),[6] Clontarf Pumpstation and public realm (2007),[3][4] Irish Aid Centre Dublin (2008),[4][7] Druid Theatre Galway (2009)[8] and the Landside Bar at Dublin airport (2011).

de Paor designed the Pálás cinema in Galway (2017), which was awarded an AAI and RIAI award for Best Cultural Building, two Irish Concrete Society awards, two Civic Trust awards and a World Architecture Award.[9][10][11]

He has also designed a number of award-winning retail spaces, one-off houses and gardens, both urban and rural, across Ireland — most notably at Dysart in Wicklow.[12][13][14][15][16]

His work has been twice nominated for the EU Mies Van Der Rohe award, in 2005 for Clontarf Pumpstation and Public Realm[17] and in 2007 for John Dillon Street.[18]

Exhibitions

In 1999 he contributed to the Arts Council of Ireland Schools Show [19] and in 2000 he was invited to design the inaugural Irish representation at the Venice Architecture Biennale[4][20][21][22] and he contributed to subsequent Irish Pavilions in 2006, 2008 and in 2010, which he co-curated.[20][23][24] He exhibited in the international pavilion in 2010 and 2018.[24] He represented Europe in New Trends of Architecture Europe and Japan in 2001.[25]

In 2010 he made a pavilion for EVA International[26], in 2015 he contributed a board game to The Souvenir Project at LIMINAL[27], and in 2025 he coauthored the inaugural Royal Hibernian Academy pavilion.[28]

In 2022 de Paor staged the retrospective exhibition ‘i see Earth: building and ground: 1991–2021’, supported by the Arts Council of Ireland, The Irish Architecture Foundation and Visual Carlow.[29]

He also designed two stage sets for Manchán Magan.[30][31]

His drawings have been exhibited internationally, including the Royal Academy [32], and the Venice Biennale. His notebooks were the subject of an exhibition, and later published.[33] His watercolours were the subject of a solo show at the Sarah Walker Gallery.[34]

Recognition

In 2003, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland and voted Young Architect of the Year by Building Design and Corus.[4] In 2015 he was elected to Aosdána, and in 2017 became an International Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, and was described as "the leading Irish architect of his generation".[21]

Teaching

From 1991 to 2022 he taught at University College Dublin and various schools of architecture internationally, delivering programs at Pontificia Universidad Catolica, Santiago, Chile, the Porto Academy, and the Harvard Graduate School of Design, where he was Design Critic from 2016-21[24] He has been an external examiner at the schools of architecture at Kent and Glasgow Mackintosh School of Art since 2018.

Personal life

de Paor lives and works in Windgates, Greystones, County Wicklow.[1]

Bibliography

  • ‘N3’, ISBN 978-0-9540422-0-2
  • ‘Circle Book’, Gall edition the Office of Public Works, at Chancery Street, Dublin.
  • ‘Reservoir’, Gall edition, ISBN 978-0-9566293-1-9
  • ‘Irlanda’, Gall edition, ISBN 978-0-9566293-0-2
  • ‘Of’, Gall edition, ISBN 978-0-9566293-2-6
  • 'desert’, the Notations series University of Ulster, Gall edition, ISBN 978-0-9566293-5-7

Documentary

His work has been the subject of several documentaries and films -

  • ‘The Notebook’, Secret Laboratory, P. Clarke (2012) [35]
  • ‘Dysart’, Secret Laboratory, P. Clarke (2012) [35]
  • 'Drawing on Life', P. Clarke (2013) [36][35]
  • 'Tomorrow is Saturday', G.Marsh, G.Ohle (2020) [37]
  • 'Drape', Peter Maybury (2018) [38]
  • 'On being there', Peter Maybury (2020) [39][40]
  • 'L'esprit de l'escalier', Peter Maybury (2025) [41]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Aosdána". aosdana.artscouncil.ie.
  2. ^ Carragáin, Tomás Ó (26 December 2010). Churches in Early Medieval Ireland: Architecture, Ritual and Memory. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-15444-3 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ a b c Wilfreid., Becker, Annette. Olley, John. Wang (1977). Ireland : 20th. Century Architecture. Prestel. OCLC 868617727.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ a b c d e Lappin, Sarah A. (23 September 2009). Full Irish: New Architecture in Ireland. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 978-1-56898-868-9 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Ó Muirí, Seán Antóin (2015). Irish Architecture, 200+ Buildings since 1990. Cork: Gandon Editions.
  6. ^ a b "Soft shell: Tomas de Paor's interlocking moves". Building Design. Supplement: 15. 17 March 2000.
  7. ^ Sean, Antoin Ó Muirí (2014). Dublin Architecture : 150+ buildings since 1990. Gandon Editions. ISBN 978-0-948037-58-0. OCLC 905831766.
  8. ^ Seán, Antóin Ó Muirí (2015). Irish Architecture, 200+ Buildings since 1990. Cork: Gandon Editions. ISBN 978-0-948037-59-7.
  9. ^ Zarzycki, Lili (17 June 2019). "Wild west: Pálás cinema in Galway, Ireland by dePaor". Architectural Review. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  10. ^ Heathcote, Edwin (25 July 2018). "The Pálás in Galway: seduced by a glowing picture palace". Financial Times. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  11. ^ Tuomey, John (October 2018). "Tower House". Architecture Ireland. 301: 49.
  12. ^ Bell, Jonathan; Stathaki, Ellie (2010). The new modern house: redefining functionalism. London: Laurence King. ISBN 978-1-85669-684-5.
  13. ^ Scanlon, Emmett (2005). "Double House in Dublin, de Paor Architects". A10 - new European architecture (5).
  14. ^ O'Toole, Shane (14 July 2006). "His dark materials". Building Design (1730).
  15. ^ Starick, Shantanu. "08 Dysart with Tom dePaor". www.shantanustarick.com. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
  16. ^ Maybury, Peter. "Dysart-050920120920". Peter Maybury. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
  17. ^ Edittio. "Public Utility Building". EUmies Awards. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
  18. ^ Edittio. "0/ -1 John Dillon Street". EUmies Awards. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
  19. ^ O'Neill, Antoinette (2000). A room of one's own = Seomra de do chuid féin. Kinsale: Gandon Editions. pp. 18–25. ISBN 0906627923.
  20. ^ a b Campbell, Hugh. "Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks: 2000 – N3, by Tom de Paor". The Irish Times.
  21. ^ a b Magan, Manchan. "Tom de Paor: 'A door should be a door, but also much more'". The Irish Times.
  22. ^ Gissen, David (7 October 2009). Subnature: Architecture's Other Environments. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 978-1-56898-777-4 – via Google Books.
  23. ^ The lives of spaces : [Ireland's participation at the 11th International Architecture Exhibition, Venice 2008. Hugh Campbell, Irish Architecture Foundation, Dublin University College, International Architectural Exhibition. [Dublin]: IAF. 2008. ISBN 978-1-905254-35-4. OCLC 641548464.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  24. ^ a b c "Imagined Ireland: Tom de Paor in conversation with the AR". Architectural Review. 21 November 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  25. ^ "Tom de Paor: Young Architect of the Year, 2003 | Archiseek - Irish Architecture". 16 March 2003. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  26. ^ "Tom de Paor & Peter Maybury". EVA International. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
  27. ^ "Irish Makers & Brothers redefine what a souvenir is in their latest project". www.itsnicethat.com. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
  28. ^ Campbell, Hugh (January–February 2026). "After the Fall". Architecture Ireland (345): 82–83.
  29. ^ "Tom dePaor, i see Earth, VISUAL Carlow, 26 February–22 May, 2022 – Paper Visual Art". papervisualart.com. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  30. ^ Magan, Manchán. "Adopt an endangered Irish word and become a guardian of Gaeilge". The Irish Times. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
  31. ^ "Arán & Im (Bread & Butter) UK Premiere". Irish Cultural Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
  32. ^ Glusberg, Jorge, ed. (1992). A decade of RIBA student competitions. Journal of architectural theory and criticism. London: Academy Editions. ISBN 978-1-85490-137-8.
  33. ^ "Notations (2016): Review & Excerpt". drawingmatter.org. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
  34. ^ Carson, Douglas (2020). Lynch, Patrick (ed.). "aeiou by Tom de Paor". Journal for Civic Architecture (5). Canalside Press: 107.
  35. ^ a b c "The Secret Laboratory » Tom dePaor". Retrieved 3 May 2026.
  36. ^ "IAF @ IMMA: The Everyday Experience". IMMA. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
  37. ^ "IFI Documentary Festival: TOMORROW IS SATURDAY". Irish Film Institute. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
  38. ^ "Film/". Peter Maybury. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
  39. ^ "Cinema premières of Peter Maybury's film 'On being there'". IAF. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
  40. ^ "Film/". Peter Maybury. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
  41. ^ art-action.org. "| RENCONTRES INTERNATIONALES PARIS/BERLIN | new cinema and contemporary art |". art-action.org. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
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