Sam Stephenson

Sam Stephenson (15 December 1933–9 November 2006) was an Irish architect who studied at the Bolton Street School of Architecture. Many of his buildings generated considerable controversy when they were built.

He was the youngest of five sons born to Paddy Joe Stephenson, former Chief Librarian of Dublin and a founder of the Old Dublin Society, who had fought in the 1916 Rising and had helped to restore Kilmainham Gaol. His elder brother was the renowned artist Desmond Stephenson. Sam married Bernadette Flood and they had two daughters Karen and Bronwyn and two sons Mark and Sam. His second marriage was to Caroline Sweetman, daughter of Barbara and Michael Sweetman, and they had two sons, Sebastian and Zachary.

Stephenson's most famous buildings are all in Dublin, and exemplify the style of Brutalist architecture:

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