LORRAINE O’ROURKE

Specialising in high-end residential and commercial projects, Lorraine O’Rourke Interiors enriches its work with storytelling, art and honest materiality.

What led you to a career in spatial design? The seed was always there. I grew up in Dublin, where streets of identical exteriors pushed my folks to be creative with the interiors. It instilled the sense that a home is something that is made and crafted, and I loved nothing more than rearranging my childhood home, despite the ’70s’ Axminister carpet. Attending a convent school, I had to choose between Art and Science, so I studied Art History outside of school; this ultimately led to my career in design. After completing a four-year course that spanned spatial design, furniture making and business studies, I was fortunate to graduate at a time when construction in Ireland was at an all-time high. I walked straight into a dream job in Dublin,…

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Architecture NZ (Digital) - 1 Issue, March-April 2025

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