<p>Royal Gold Medal 2015 was awarded to O'Donnell + Tuomey</p>

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) announced on Wednesday, September 24, 2014, that the recipients of the Royal Gold Medal for 2015 are Irish architects Sheila O'Donnell and John Tuomey, who have been running a joint office in Dublin for 26 years. The laureates of the RIBA Gold Medal are approved by the British Queen, and it is one of the highest acknowledgments an architect can achieve in their career.
In response to receiving the "unexpected honor," O'Donnell + Tuomey noted that they "believe in the social values and poetic purpose of architecture" and that "the awarding of the Gold Medal will further encourage them to continue this esteemed and complicated profession."
The Dublin office of O'Donnell + Tuomey was founded in 1988 after Sheila O'Donnell and John Tuomey met at the London studio of James Stirling. In the early 1990s, they were founding members of the Group 91 Architects group, which was behind the urban plan to redevelop the historic area of Temple Bar in Dublin into a cultural quarter for artists and craftsmen. Their works have received numerous Irish and British awards, and in 2010 Sheila O'Donnell and John Tuomey were elected Honorary International Consultants by the American Institute of Architects (AIA).
The Gold Medal, awarded since 1848, will be presented to both architects at a ceremonial event on February 3, 2015, at the RIBA headquarters in London.

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