Sheila O'Donnell and John Tuomey Win 2015 RIBA Royal Gold Medal

Photography By Amelia Stein

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has selected Irish architects Sheila ODonnell and John Tuomey, co-founders of Dublin-based ODonnell + Tuomey Architects, as winners of the 2015 Royal Gold Medal.

Photography By Amelia Stein

ODonnell & Tuomeys work is always inventivestriking yet so well considered, particular to its place and brief, beautifully craftedand ever developing, RIBA President Stephen Hodder said.

The Royal Gold Medal, personally approved by the Queen of England, is considered one of the worlds most prestigious lifetime achievement awards for architecture.

With over 30 years of experience working on schools, public housing, theatres, and community centers, the married duo is best know for their work at the Photographers' Gallery in Soho and the Saw Swee Hock Student Centre at the London School of Economics, which was shortlisted for the 2014 Stirling Prize. Over the course of their career, the couple has been shortlisted for the Stirling Prize a record five times.

Photography By Alex Bland

The couple released a statement saying, "We're humbled to find ourselves in such a company of heroes, architects whose work we have studied and from whose example we continue to learn.

We believe in the social value and the poetic purpose of architecture and the gold medal encourages us to prevail in this most privileged and complicated career."

The award will be presented at a ceremony at RIBAs headquarters in London on February 3, 2015.

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