10 Facts About Sheila O'Donnell

Sheila O'Donnell's work has been cited as "thoughtful and inspired, rigorous and whimsical" by her Honorary Fellowship sponsor.

On graduating in Dublin, Sheila O'Donnell first worked for 18 months with James Stirling and worked on the detailed design of the Tate's Clore Gallery on Millbank before returning to Dublin in 1981.

Sheila O'Donnell was involved with a small group of architects interested in the development of the centre of Dublin in the early 1980s.

Sheila O'Donnell helped set up the Blue Studio Architecture Gallery, which produced proposals and books.

Some of Sheila O'Donnell's work has been characterised by the use of watercolour studies, which have been exhibited at the Royal Academy in London and at the Royal Hibernian Academy in Dublin.

Sheila O'Donnell was involved in the design of a students' centre for the London School of Economics and a building for the Photographers' Gallery in Soho.

Sheila O'Donnell is a full-time professor at University College, Dublin and has been a visiting teacher and critic at schools of architecture in Japan, Venezuela, and the United States, including Princeton, Michigan, Buffalo, Yale, Columbia, Syracuse, and Cooper Union.

Sheila O'Donnell is an external examiner for the Department of Architecture at Cambridge University and for the Architectural Association, London.

In 2010, Sheila O'Donnell was elected an honorary fellow of the American Institute of Architects.

In 2015, Sheila O'Donnell + Tuomey won the 2015 RIBA Royal Gold Medal, the world's most prestigious architecture award.