John Tuomey received a degree in architecture from University College Dublin. After working in London with James Stirling, in 1988 he cofounded O’Donnell + Tuomey in Dublin. He was the first recipient of the UCD Masters in Architecture in 2004 and he was the managing director of Group 91, an architects’ collaborative who designed the masterplan for the regeneration of Temple Bar as Dublin’s cultural quarter. Until 2019 he taught at University College Dublin and he has taught and lectured internationally. In 2010 he and Sheila O’Donnell were named Honorary Fellows of the AIA (Hon.FAIA) and in 2015 they received the RIBA Royal Gold Medal and the American Academy of Arts and Letters Brunner Prize. He is the author of Architecture, Craft and Culture and coauthor with Sheila O’Donnell of Space for Architecture and More Space for Architecture.