15 Usher’s Island, The House of The Dead
Text © Shane O’Toole. Fuller version of the piece first published in The Sunday Times, June 13, 2004, as “Back from The Dead”
Shane O’Toole
1995 – The Ark Children’s Centre, Eustace Street, Dublin
Architect: Shane O’Toole & Michael Kelly
The Ark is Europe’s first cultural centre for children and contains a gallery,
Eileen Gray: E-1027, Roquebrune Cap Martin
Text © Shane O’Toole. Exterior photos and plan variously © Mairie de Roquebrune and Renaud Barrès/Mairie de Roquebrune. Photos of furniture and Le Corbusier letter © National Museum of Ireland.
Francis Pym: Ulster Museum, Belfast
Text © Shane O’Toole. Photos © Mark Hackett. Fuller version of the piece first published in The Sunday Times, February 18,
Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects: Habitat 825, West Hollywood, CA
Text © Shane O’Toole. Jai House photos variously © Michael Weschler, Jasper Johal, Jonn Coolidge. Lexton MacCarthy Residence photo, Habitat 825 model photos and Jai House plans © Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects.
Niall McLaughlin Architects: Dirk Cove, County Cork
Text © Shane O’Toole. Plans and both aerial photos © Niall McLaughlin Architects. All other photos © Nick Kane. Fuller version of the piece first published in The Sunday Times,
Niall McLaughlin Architects: Shack, Northamptonshire
Text © Shane O’Toole. Collage and bottom photo © Niall McLaughlin Architects. All other photos © Nick Kane. First published in The Sunday Times,
O’Toole, Shane
Studied at University College Dublin, graduating 1979. Worked with Lynch O’Toole Walsh Architects (1979-86) and then as Project Manager at the Energy Research Group,
Tadao Ando: Creating Dreams, Dublin
Text © Shane O’Toole. Photographs of Tadao Ando © Kate Horgan Photography. All other photographs courtesy of Tadao Ando Architect &
Tom de Paor: A13 Artscape, East London
Text © Shane O’Toole. Railway footbridge and pavilion at Four Oaks, Birmingham, designed in collaboration with Eilís O’Connell. Photo of O’Connell’s maquette © Eilís O’Connell.
