John McLaughlin is the founder and director of JMLA. He studied architecture in UCD and graduated in 1990. He then worked on major civic and cultural projects in Paris and London before returning to Dublin in 2003 as principal architect with Dublin Docklands Authority. In 2010 he founded our practice where he drives the overall vision as well as managing major projects. He has lectured and exhibited internationally on both architecture and urban design and is often asked to advise public and private bodies. He is the senior lecturer in architectural design in UCC and a member of the RIAI where he sits on the Architecture and Public Affairs Committee and chairs the editorial board of the RIAI Journal Architecture Ireland.

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Katia Papkovskaia is associate architect in JMLA. She graduated from UCD school of architecture in 2009 and from Cambridge University with a Masters in Environmental Design at  in 2010. She worked in London with Marcus Beale Architects from 2010 to 2015 and then in Dublin with de Blacam and Meagher Architects until 2021 before joining John McLaughlin Architects.  She brings a wide range of experience working on projects of all scales, from residential to education and protected structures, managing each project stage. She is a  member of the RIAI Accredited in Conservation at Grade 2.

Tara Kennedy graduated with a Masters in architecture from UCD in 2013. Since joining John McLaughlin Architects in 2014 she has worked on various public and residential projects, including producing the Making Ireland Modern centennial exhibition in 2016. Tara brings expertise informed by her background in visual art with a BA in Sculpture from NCAD 2005 (1^st Hons), and collaborative public projects engaging with a wide range of organisations and institutions. In 2008 she co-founded the practice Culturstruction, and she was also a co-founder of the community-based design organisation Commonage. In 2018 she was part of the Freemarket collective who represented Ireland at the Venice Architecture Biennale. Tara teaches architecture at CCAE.

Matthew Hand graduated with first class honours from University College Dublin in 2020. Between his undergraduate and master’s degrees he worked in Vancouver with MCMP Architects for two years. He has worked with John McLaughlin Architects since completing his masters. Within the practice he has contributed to masterplanning, residential and cultural projects, notably the Lusitania Museum on the Old Head of Kinsale, which furthered his interest in the wider discourse of architecture and landscape.

Nigel Wynne is a trained designer and architect. He holds a diploma in industrial design from IT Sligo, a bachelor in interior design from GCD Dublin and a B.SC and M.Arch with first class honours from University College Dublin. Prior to studying architecture he worked as a designer for Newman Mulligan for a number of years.Between his bachelor and masters degrees in architecture he worked with O’Donnell and Tuomey Architects in Dublin. Nigel has a strong sense of crafting space which she has applied to a number of houses since joining John McLaughlin Architects in 2020.

Anna Dmytriyeva graduated with honours from University College Dublin in 2022 with a masters in architecture focused on urban space. Between her undergraduate and master’s degrees she worked in a small practice for two years and gained experience of residential projects. She joined John McLaughlin Architects when she completed her masters. Within the practice she is assisting on a number of residential projects as well as an urban design study which furthers her interest in architecture and the city.