SEAN O'LAOIRE, B.Arch., (Dublin), M.Arch. (UCLA), FRIAI
Sean O’Laoire is a founding Director of Murray O'Laoire Architects. He combines architecture with a specialty in urban design/planning and worked and studied 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 O'Laoire and is a director of Murray O'Laoire International, which has operated in Moscow since 1992 and in Warsaw since 1999. The practice now employs 160 professionals. The work of the practice has been published extensively in National and International publications.
A former Vice President of the FRIAI, O'Laoire 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 Center 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.
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