Background
O'Toole, Shane was born on July 5, 1955 in Dublin, Ireland. Son of James Patrick and Caroline Louise (Hannan) O'T.
O'Toole, Shane was born on July 5, 1955 in Dublin, Ireland. Son of James Patrick and Caroline Louise (Hannan) O'T.
Bachelor of Architecture, University College Dublin, 1979.
Architect Lynch O'Toole Walsh, Dublin, 1979—1982, associate, 1982—1986. Project manager energy research group University College Dublin, 1986—1991. Director Group 91 Architects, 1991—1998.
Principal Shane O'Toole Architect, 1992—1998. Company architect Tegral Building Products, since 1994. Convenor The Pillar Project, 1988, Tales Two Cities: Emerging Architects in Dublin & Edinburgh, 1994.
Chairman Irish Standards Committee Slating and Tiling, 1998-2002. Architectural critic The Sunday Times, United Kingdom, since 1999. Member Irish Architectural Archive, 1999.
Architectural advisor television series Nation Building, 2000. Advisor Mies van der Rohe award European Architecture, since 1992, Harvard prize in Urbanism, Harvard University Graduate School Design, since 2000. External examiner Dublin Institute of Technology, 2001.
Irish commissioner Venice Biennale, 2004, 06. Fellow, Salzburg Seminar, 2005. Director Irish Architect Foundation, since 2005.
Member Royal Institute Architects Ireland (vice president 1988, 97, regional award 1996, elected fell., 1998), Royal Institute British Architects (award 1997), Architectural Association Ireland (honorary member, president 1982-1983, editor Green Book yearbook 1975-1996), DoCoMoMo Ireland. (founder).
Married Maeve O'Neill, May 28, 1984. Children: Alice, Tadg.