Hugh Wallace (architect)

Hugh Wallace was an Irish architect and television presenter.

Early years and education

Wallace was born in Dublin in 1956; the date is reported variously as 9 December or 12 December. He attended Sandford Park School, where he struggled academically until it was recognized that he was dyslexic. He studied professionally at the Bolton Street School of Architecture, now part of Technological University Dublin.

Career

Together with fellow student Alan Douglas, Wallace founded the Dublin-based practice Douglas Wallace Architects in 1982. He worked on hotels, retail spaces and homes around Ireland, including the interior of a new Dublin site for the department store Brown Thomas. Douglas Wallace opened branch offices in Belfast and London. In the wake of the financial crisis of 2008, the firm collapsed and went into liquidation in 2009, but a new Douglas Wallace Associates arose and became highly successful.
Wallace presented property television programmes such as The Great House Revival and Home of the Year beginning in 2015.

Personal life and death

Wallace married Martin Corbett, a hairdresser. They met in 1988, became civil partners in 2012, and remained together until Wallace's death.
Wallace died on 1 December 2025, at the age of 68.