dePaor is an architectural practice based in Ireland. Established in 1991 led by Tom dePaor, the practice seeks for design to communicate spatially and in detail regardless of programme or location. In 2003, Tom dePaor was elected Fellow of the Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland and voted Young Architect of the Year in the UK. He has exhibited internationally. In 2000, he was selected to make the inaugural Irish Pavilion at the 7th International Architecture Biennale Venice and subsequently represented Ireland in 2006, in 2008 and in 2010, when he co-curated and designed the exhibition and was invited to present his work in the International Exhibition. Under the title Gall, a collaborative practice with Peter Maybury, he works on exhibitions, sculpture, film and print
Tom de Paor b.arch F.RIAI Int.F.RIBA graduated from UCD in 1991. He is a regular visiting critic and lecturer there and at other schools of architecture nationally and internationally. Since 2016, he is a Design Critic at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.
The portfolio has been internationally recognised, with multiple industry awards since the visitor building at Ballincollig, Co. Cork, a commission won in 1991. The practice has expanded its expertise to a diverse range of projects in the public realm culminating most recently in an art-house cinema complex in Galway, Ireland. Its public client list includes Cork County Council, Dublin City Council, Galway City Council, the Office of Public Works of Ireland, the Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland, the Hugh Lane Gallery Dublin, the Arts Council of Ireland, the Arts Council of England, Centro West Midlands Rail, the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, the Hillside Gallery Tokyo and La Biennale di Venezia. The work of the practice has been extensively published and exhibited internationally including pavilions at the Venice Biennale on five occasions.
Tom de Paor b.arch F.RIAI Int.F.RIBA graduated from UCD in 1991. He is a regular visiting critic and lecturer there and at other schools of architecture nationally and internationally. Since 2016, he is a Design Critic at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.
The portfolio has been internationally recognised, with multiple industry awards since the visitor building at Ballincollig, Co. Cork, a commission won in 1991. The practice has expanded its expertise to a diverse range of projects in the public realm culminating most recently in an art-house cinema complex in Galway, Ireland. Its public client list includes Cork County Council, Dublin City Council, Galway City Council, the Office of Public Works of Ireland, the Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland, the Hugh Lane Gallery Dublin, the Arts Council of Ireland, the Arts Council of England, Centro West Midlands Rail, the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, the Hillside Gallery Tokyo and La Biennale di Venezia. The work of the practice has been extensively published and exhibited internationally including pavilions at the Venice Biennale on five occasions.
