Farewell to Architect: Stephenson's 'great courage and initiative'

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Archiseek / Ireland / News / 2006 / November 15

Sam Stephenson was a happy, adventurous man who took risks to create buildings that were sometimes regarded as controversial, mourners at the removal of the architect were told. Several hundred family members, friends, colleagues and figures from public life attended the removal in St Francis Xavier church in Gardiner Street, Dublin, yesterday evening. They heard Fr Enda McDonagh of St Patrick's College, Maynooth, pay tribute to the personal qualities of the 72-year- old architect, who designed the Central Bank, ESB headquarters and other prominent buildings in the capital. Mr Stephenson's essentially happy nature was demonstrated in his gentleness, Fr McDonagh said. "He was not, as many commentators have noted, one to hold grudges. He was generous and forgiving in spirit, and he embodied the role of a peacemaker in the midst of sometimes raw controversy."

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