Directors
Karen McEvoy, B.Arch, MRIAI
Merritt Bucholz, B.Arch, M.Arch, MRIAI

Karen McEvoy and Merritt Bucholz co-founded Bucholz McEvoy Architects in Dublin in 1996, following a competition win for Fingal County Hall in Dublin, Ireland, in response to an ambitious sustainability brief.

In the making of architecture, the practice aims to create healthy ‘breathing’ environments designed to respond to site-specific micro-climates. In crafting the materiality and bones of architectural projects, wood is increasingly used as a core structural component.

Karen and Merritt have taught at the School of Architecture University of Limerick (SAUL), Technical University Dublin, and University College Dublin in Ireland; Harvard University USA, IE Segovia, Spain, and have given various guest lectures and workshops in Europe and USA. The work of the practice has been exhibited in the USA, Germany, Italy and France, and at the Venice Biennale (2002, 2006 and 2018).

Collaborators since founding of practice
Jack Arnold, Geraldine Barette, Eilish Beirne, Daniel Bell, Gaby Brainard, Nicci Brock, Ronan Burke, Honor Coleman, Susan Cutler, James Crowley, Peter Crowley, Damien Culligan, Alexis Dönhoff, Claudia Eckhoff, Rebecca Egan, Nikolai Erichsen, Claire Faulkner, Julie Fisher, Kieran Fitzgerald, Tona Flynn, Eoin Flood, Conor Galligan, Jozefina Godec, Brian Guckian, Gareth Hanly, Mette Harder, Diane Harrington, Karen Hassey, Anna Healy, Michael Henoch, Verena Hilgenfeld, Svenja Hörtdörfer, Neasa Hourigan, Ralf Kampe, Barry Kavanagh, Merlo Kelly, Rob Kelly, Sabine Klingner, Carsten Koglin, Alejandro Lastra, Mark Leskovec, Jim Luke, Klaus Madsen, Colm McNamara, Ben Mullen, Geni Murphy, Lindsay Martin, Barry McBrien, Juan Miguel Bienvenido Zambrana, Miwa Mori, Rory Murphy, Flavio Nakamura, Eogan O´Shea, Patrick Papczun, Graham Petrie, Marcin Pik, Katja Potzern, Juan Marenco, Julie-Marine Prigent, Zuzanna Madej-Moylan, Ciara Reddy, Pablo Rodriguez, Kay Ryan, Jana Scheibel, Eoghen Smith, Joe Smith, Yasuaki Tanago, Carolus Tränkner, Patrick Wheeler, Gerald Walsh, Kevin Walsh