White-hot talent takes a bit of the old sod to Europe

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Archiseek / Ireland / News / 2000 / July 23 2000: White-hot talent takes a bit of the old sod to Europe

Irish architecture has always struggled to be heard on the international stage. Yet ever since Scott Tallon Walker won the Riba Gold Medal in 1975 each generation has thrown up at least one outstanding talent. The architecture of de Blacam and Meagher has restored the art of building. O'Donnell and Tuomey have an endless capacity for giving fresh meaning to architectural form. Now the precocious, white-hot talent of Dublin architect Tom de Paor is showing a new way forward, one that harnesses many of the techniques of contemporary art.

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