First Quarter

First QuarterFirst Quarter is a gorgeous, lyrical memoir that tells the story of the award winning architects formative years from childhood in rural Ireland through to becoming a fully fledged architect in London and Dublin. En route, Tuomey, who co founded his practice, ODonnell + Tuomey, with his wife, Sheila ODonnell, remembers his peripatetic childhood, the brutality of his school years, the up ending of Irelands clergy, meeting Sheila at university, and

Filled with friendships

There’s a certain irony at the heart of The Elements of Power

Both practical and poetic

examining the impact of common building materials and exploring strategies for more sustainable practice

Through six compelling essays

Often intriguing and occasionally really quite racy

Over the years

as well as how to effectively create your own local supply chain

It features specially commissioned essays by leading industry experts and texts from the Collective

technological

Urgent and empathetic

I could have chosen It’s All About the Bike – the story of how he travelled the globe to build his dream road bicycle