Lub hnub nyoog 60 xyoo O'Donnell thiab Toomey yog cov hluas los ntawm cov qauv ntawm Lub Neej Txhawb Kev Tshawb Fawb, thiab lawv lub rooj sib tham O'Donnell + Tuomey tau tsim muaj tsuas yog xyoo 1988. Txawm li cas los xij, pawg tswj hwm tau hais meej tias lawv ua tiav txoj kev ua tiav cov teeb tsa hauv thaum xyoo 1980. qhov kev sib tw yog tsim lub cim tshiab rau Irish architecture. Tam sim no, thaum Grafton (tus yeej ntawm 2012 Venice Biennale "Tsov Tsov"), heneghan peng (cov yeej ntawm kev sib tw ntau tshaj plaws ntawm kev sib tw hauv vaj tsev thaum xyoo 2000 - rau qhov haujlwm ntawm Great Egypt Museum hauv Cairo) thiab lwm lub tuam txhab ua haujlwm nrog lawv, txoj haujlwm no zoo li tau ua tiav.
Nyob rau hauv kaum xyoo dhau los, Sheila O'Donnell thiab John Toomey tsis tau tsim qauv nkaus xwb, tab sis kuj tau mob siab rau kev qhia, kev xav-theoretical thiab kev ua si, tshwj xeeb, "rov qab" ntawm lub koom haum ntawm Irish Architects.
O'Donnell cov qauv tau txhais los ntawm pawg neeg saib xyuas raws li Terragni-kev xav kom meej meej, thaum Toomey tau piav qhia raws li kev txhawb nqa "kev tsim" - txawm li cas los xij, lawv cov kev sib koom tes yog ntau dua ntawm "hauv zos" qes-tech nrog saib xyuas cov khoom siv, cov ntsiab lus teb, cov ntsiab lus Cov.
O'Donnell + Tuomey cov tuam tsev tau raug xaiv tsa tsib zaug - sau tseg rau hnub tim - rau Sterling Prize, UK qhov khoom plig zoo tshaj plaws hauv UK, tab sis tseem tsis tau txais ib qho. Tej zaum hmoov yuav luag ntxhi rau lawv
ntawm kev sim thib tsib: xyoo no lawv London Lub Tsev Kawm Ntawv ntawm Cov Tub Ntxhais Kawm Kev Kawm Lub Tsev Kawm Ntawv hauv nruab nrab tau raug xaiv.
O'Donnell thiab Toomey yog qhov thib peb tus txij nkawm tau sib koom ua ke tau txais Royal Institute of British Architects Gold Medal, yav dhau los muab tsub rau Charles thiab Ray Eames (1979) thiab Michael thiab Patricia Hopkins (1994).
