About

tún is an award winning architectural practice based in Dublin. It was founded in 2010 by Paul Fox, Rose Bonner Alexander and David Jameson out of a close working relationship and shared approach to design.  The practice adopts a client focused approach incorporating sustainable principals, sensitivity to context and unique creative design responses.

tún has RIAI Conservation and Health and Safety Accreditation.

The office's name comes from an Old Norse word meaning to enclose, finish or come full circle.
 

Awards

2025 - AAI Award, Harcourt Terrace Educate Together National School.

2015 - 1st Place, RIAI and DoES Competition for an Urban Primary School
2015 - Arthur Gibney Award, 175th RHA Annual Exhibition
2014 - 2nd Place, 1916 Centenary Chapel, Glasnevin, Dublin.
2014 - Shortlist, Rank's Silo in the 21st Century, DoCoMoMo Ideas Competition
2012 - Shortlist, International Urban Competition, Klaksvík, Faroe Islands.
2008 - Joint 2nd place, Vatnsmyri, International Urban Competition, Reykjavík, Iceland.
2005 - 3rd place, Akureyri i Ondvegi, International Urban Ideas Competition, Iceland.

Team

Rose Bonner Alexander is a member of the RIAI since 2008 and a Grade III accredited Conservation Architect. She studied in TU Dublin and has worked in Dublin and Berlin. She has completed an MA in the National College of Art and Design.

Paul Fox is a member of the RIAI since 2008 and a Grade III accredited Conservation Architect. He studied in TU Dublin and worked for over ten years with de Blacam and Meagher Architects, Dublin.

David Jameson is a member of the RIAI since 2008 and is a Grade III accredited Conservation Architect. He studied in TU Dublin and the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, and has worked in Dublin, Paris and Stockholm. David is a design tutor in TU Dublin and is part of 12th Field, a research and co-design project, investigating the cultural landscape of Ireland’s bogs.