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Hugh Wallace (architect) Irish architect dead at age 68

Hugh Wallace, an Irish architect and television presenter, died on December 1, 2025.

Born in south Dublin in 1956 and raised as an only child, he co-founded the Dublin-based practice Douglas Wallace Architects with fellow student Alan Douglas in 1982. The firm worked on hotels, retail spaces and homes around Ireland, including the interior of a new Dublin site for the department store Brown Thomas, and later opened branch offices in Belfast and London.

Following the financial crisis of 2008, the firm collapsed and went into liquidation.

Hugh Wallace (December 1956 – 1 December 2025) was an Irish architect and television presenter.

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