Draft:Tony Reddy

• Comment: The article was clearly started as a piece about Reddy's firm. It still largely reads like a corporate profile of the architectural practice rather than a biography of Reddy (nothing about his early life and education - common in other BLPs), and it lacks multiple references to significant coverage (in-depth with analysis; more than passing mentions) about Reddy - rather than by Reddy - in published reliable independent secondary sources (so excluding his firm, the Academy of Urbanism and other organisations where he has an association). Paul W (talk) 08:47, 10 July 2026 (UTC)

• Comment: Suggest a better direction might be to create a page for Tony Reddy, a former president of the Royal Institute of the Architects, with a section about the firm on that page. MmeMaigret (talk) 17:31, 4 October 2025 (UTC)

• Comment: None of the "Notable projects" are actually notable ie. no articles about them. Theroadislong (talk) 14:17, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

• Comment: Noting for benefit of reviewers that the creator of this draft is a declared paid editor. asilvering (talk) 20:25, 6 June 2025 (UTC)

• Comment: This is basically just a corporate presentation. We don't need to see those long lists of projects and awards, save them for your own website. They also account for the vast majority of referencing (or should I say WP:REFBOMBING), whereas I don't see anything among the sources cited that would actually amount to notability per WP:NCORP. DoubleGrazing (talk) 16:19, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

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Tony Reddy is an Irish architect and urbanist. He is chairman of Reddy Architecture + Urbanism (Reddy A+U), an international design practice with offices in Ireland and Europe. He is a former President of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (2004-2005) and the Architectural Association of Ireland (1981–1982). In 2023 he was appointed as chairman of The Irish Architectural Archive (AAI). He is a founding director and former chair of the Academy of Urbanism (2020–2022).

Early career

Early in his career, Reddy worked in New York with architects Paul Rudolph and Kevin Roche. He was director at Hope & Cuffe Associates (1981–82). In 1982, he co-founded Fitzgerald Reddy Associates, with architect Maurice Fitzgerald. In 1996, the practice was renamed Anthony Reddy Associates Architects. In 2004 the practice incorporated O'Riordan Staehli Architects (Cork). In 2006 it adopted its current title, Reddy Architecture + Urbanism.

Work

Early work of Tony Reddy and Anthony Reddy Associates included an infill development on Dean Street in Kilkenny and urban regeneration projects in Dublin, including Ardilaun Court and Dean Court apartments, which created a street frontage between Christchurch and St. Patrick's Cathedral.

In the 1990s, the practice was one of five architects selected for the redevelopment of Temple Bar West End of Dublin city centre. and is credited with designing the apartment scheme on Pudding Row, Dublin 2. It was also involved in the regeneration of Heuston South Quarter in Dublin 8 and is credited with designing the Brunel Building and Eircom Building, including public realm and residential elements of the development.

In Dublin's International Financial Services Centre (IFSC), Anthony Reddy Associates designed the office development Custom House Plaza and the timber-clad cylindrical apartment building, Custom House Square (2001). In 2004, the firm was among the recipients of the Royal Town Planning Institute Award for Planning for Central Areas for Phase II of the Dublin Docklands’ IFSC.

In Kilkenny, the practice designed the Market Cross Shopping Centre (1996) and was lead consultant on proposed masterplans for Kilkenny City's Creative Quarter.

In 2020, the Port of Cork appointed Swedish firm Tyréns and Reddy Architects as masterplanners of Tivoli Docklands, part of the Port of Cork Masterplan 2050.

Other projects

• Anu Research Centre, University Hospital Cork
• New Dolphin Park, Dublin
• Cliffs of Moher Visitor Centre
• University College Dublin Campus Masterplan
• 8^th Lock Residential Development
• Bon Secours Hospital Limerick
• Mixed Use Development Herberton, Dublin
• Castlemartyr Hotel and Spa, Cork
• James Joyce Library, University College Dublin
• Mill Street Student Housing, Dublin 8

Contributions and recognitions

Reddy has been an outspoken advocate for reforming Ireland's planning system. He supports a more plan-led, integrated framework for urban development.

In 2020, he contributed to the book Dublin by Design which was published in association with the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI). In the chapter "City of Opportunity" he discusses Dublin's evolution as a capital city over the past century. Reddy highlights the challenges and opportunities that have influenced Dublin's urban landscape, advocating for thoughtful planning and design to address future needs.

In 2024, he was one of the contributing writers for Irish Cities in Crisis, an RIAI publication highlighting the urgent need for transformative urban planning in Irish cities, advocating for design-focused and sustainable urban policies. He contributed the essays "Nova Eblana: A New Sustainable City Neighbourhood at Dublin Port", "A New European Planning System for 21st Century Ireland" and "A Century of Planning in Perspective: 1922-2022". He has been guest speaker on a podcast series of the same name which is supported by the RIAI and the Irish Cities 2070 Group.

Reddy contributed to the RIAI publications New Housing (2002), New Housing 2 (2009) and NH3 (2025) with essays on "Creating Residential Communities in the 21st Century", “Sustainable Urbanism: creating communities for the knowledge economy” and “New Housing for Twenty First Century Ireland: Low Rise Medium Density Housing”.