History
The firm was started by Michael Scott, one of Ireland's foremost architects of the 20th Century, with Norman D. Good and was called Scott and Good. The firm initially developed a reputation for designing hospitals.
In 1938 Michael Scott broke his partnership with Norman D. Good to form 'Michael Scott Architect' During the Second World War the firm survived on small commissions, and following the war went on to work for the Córas Iompair Éireann (CIÉ), the national transport company, and designed such buildings as Donnybrook Bus Garage (together with Ove Arup, who set up Arup's first overseas office in Dublin at the request of Michael Scott), and Dublin Central Bus Station (Busaras).
In 1957 the firm was recast as 'Michael Scott and Partners', with Ronnie Tallon and Robin Walker becoming partners in the practice. The design work from this period becoming more modern, influenced Robin Walker’s Robin Walker previous experience of working with Le Corbusier in Paris and studied under Mies van der Rohe in Chicago and resulted in buildings such as the RTÉ Radio Building, the Bank of Ireland Headquarters in Baggot Street (1968–1978) and the former P.J. Carroll’s Factory (1967–69) in Dundalk, County Louth, which has also recently been added to Ireland’s list of protected structures. In 1975 the firm was renamed 'Scott Tallon Walker' following the retirement of the company's founder, Michael Scott, and the firm was awarded the prestigious RIBA Gold Medal. Robin Walker retired from the company in 1982.
In December 2010, Dr Ronnie Tallon was awarded the James Gandon Medal, a new lifetime achievement award from the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. In the citation he was called "one of the most influential Irish architects of the last century".
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