SEAN O'LAOIRE, B.Arch. (University College of Dublin), M.Arch. (UCLA)
Sean
O’Laoire is a founding Director of Murray O'Laoire Architects. He
is involved in architecture, urban design and urban planning. He has studied
and worked in England, Italy and the US, before serving for three years
as a Senior Lecturer in Urban Design at the Dublin Institute of Technology.
He ventured into private practice with Hugh Murray in 1979. In 1982, he
opened the Dublin office of Murray Ó Laoire and is a director of
Murray Ó Laoire International, which has operated in Moscow since
1992 and in Warsaw since 1999. The practice now employs 160 professionals.
The results of the practice have been published extensively in the National
and International publications.
A past Vice President of the RIAI, he has been responsible for a number of award winning architectural projects including the Civic Park at Arthur's Quay Limerick, winner of the prestigious Triennial Gold Medal from the RIAI in 1995 and the Irish Pavilion at Expo 2000 at Hanover, Germany. He has also been project leader on a wide range of planning and urban design projects, many of which have been rewarded with national and international awards including the prestigious R.T.P.I. Award for City Centre Development.
Sean O’Laoire has served as a committee member
of the Architectural Association of Ireland. He has extensively written
and lectured in Ireland, England, France and Canada, and has contributed
to film and television documentaries.