1. July 12th
2016
re: Anthony McGinn, BSc. Arch.
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
I am happy to provide this reference for Anthony McGinn, who was a final year student of
the Bachelor in Architecture degree course at University College Dublin. I have had the
privilege of tutoring Anthony , as part of a group of students who were developing their final
projects during the academic year 2015-16. Their main first semester brief was for a canoe
club building and associated landscaping works on a site along the c.18th Grand Canal in the
rolling landscape of the Irish midlands. The final project of the year was for a Research Farm,
following a detailed brief provided by the University Agriculture department.
I would recommend Anthony as a perceptive and intuitive architect with a particular
receptivity to issues of structure and material, who would be able to develop a complex and
architecturally nuanced response to a given context. His diligence and work-rate sets him
apart from his colleagues, and it has been a pleasure and a privilege to work with him in the
design studio. He has a friendly, quiet and understated character which would suit perfectly
a team, office or collegiate setting.
Please do not hesitate to revert to me – I would be happy to provide any further
information.
Yours sincerely
Simon Walker, M.Arch., M.R.I.A.I.
Principal, Walker Architects, Dublin
Thesis Tutor, School of Architecture, University College Dublin
Design Studio Master, School of Architecture University of Limerick
Visiting Critic, London Metropolitan University
Visiting Critic, École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Nantes
Chair, DoCoMoMo Ireland
W A L K E R A R C H I T E C T S
SIMON WALKER, B.ARCH. M.R.I.A.I. 110 LOWER BAGGOT STREET, DUBLIN 2. TEL (1) 676-7941 / (87) 247-3132 e: info@walkerarchitects.ie w: www.walkerarchitects.ie