2024-12-22T12:27:08-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150278664/irish-architect-niall-mccullough-has-passed-away Josh Niland 2021-08-23T12:19:00-04:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/64/6423040852e855a69471ab14ba86e10d.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Sad news today as influential Irish architect <a href="https://archinect.com/mcculloughmulvin" target="_blank">Niall McCullough</a> has passed away in his native Dublin following a battle with cancer.</p> <p>The <em>Irish Times</em> is reporting that McCullough, who held teaching positions at several universities throughout Ireland and Europe, passed away on Friday following a prolonged battle with the disease.</p> <p>Dubbed &ldquo;a champion of urbanism,&rdquo; McCullough was considered a <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/homes-and-property/architecture-couple-s-inspired-take-on-old-and-new-1.1308266" target="_blank">leading figure</a> in contemporary Irish architecture, spearheading the design of several buildings at Trinity College Dublin and other major civic and cultural projects across the island like the Waterford City Library and Dublin&rsquo;s Temple Bar arts center.</p> <p>After completing his studies at <a href="https://archinect.com/schools/cover/16326038/university-college-dublin-ucd" target="_blank">University College Dublin</a>, McCullough went on to found <a href="https://archinect.com/mcculloughmulvin" target="_blank">McCullough Mulvin Architects</a> alongside his partner Valerie Mulvin in 1986. His seminal work, co-authored by Mulvin, titled <em>A lost tradition: The nature of architecture in Ireland </em>is, alongside, <a href="https://www.waterstones.com/book/dublin-an-urban-history/niall-mccullough/9781906429003" target="_blank"><em>Dublin: an Urban History</em></a> considered to be one of the classic texts on co...</p>