Irish architects seize the stage at a cross-cultural exhibition

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Archiseek / Ireland / News / 2002 / July 18 2002: Irish architects seize the stage at a cross-cultural exhibition

One of the hidden agendas of an EU-Japan joint project is to counteract the overwhelming cultural influence, in architecture as elsewhere, of the US. At the very moment when Ireland kicked off its World Cup campaign in Niigata against Cameroon last month, another Irish team - unnoticed at home - was holding centre stage on the far side of Japan, at Tokyo's Maison Franco-Japonaise. Sheila O'Donnell and John Tuomey, the outstanding Irish architects of their generation, were representing Ireland at a symposium to mark the opening of "New Trends of Architecture in Europe and Japan", an EU-Japan joint project that includes an annual symposium and exhibition in both Tokyo and the European Capital of Culture.

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