Kevin Roche

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Kevin Roche
FAIA
Born
Eamonn Kevin Roche

(1922-06-14)June 14, 1922
Dublin, Ireland
DiedMarch 1, 2019(2019-03-01) (aged 96)
Guilford, Connecticut, U.S.
Nationality
  • Irish
  • American
Alma mater
OccupationArchitect
Awards
PracticeKevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates
Buildings
WebsiteKevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates

Eamonn Kevin Roche FAIA (June 14, 1922 – March 1, 2019) was an Irish-born American Pritzker Prize-winning architect. Kevin Roche was the archetypal modernist and "member of an elite group of third generation modernist architects — James Stirling, Jorn Utzon, and Robert Venturi — and is considered to be the most logical and systematic designer of the group. He and his partner John Dinkeloo of the firm KRJDA produced over a half-century of matchless creativity."[1]

Roche and Dinkeloo were responsible for the design/master planning of over 200 built projects in both the U.S. and abroad. These projects include 8 museums, 38 corporate headquarters, 7 research facilities, performing arts centers, theaters, and campus buildings for six universities. In 1967 he created the master plan for the Metropolitan Museum of Art and thereafter designed all of the new wings and installation of many collections, including the reopened American[2] and Islamic wings.

Born in Dublin and a graduate from University College Dublin,[3] Roche went to the United States to study with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe at the Illinois Institute of Technology. In the U.S., he became the principal designer for Eero Saarinen and opened his own architectural firm in 1967.

Among other awards, Roche received the Pritzker in 1982,[4] the Gold Medal Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1990, and the AIA Gold Medal in 1993.[5][6]

  1. ^ Pelkonen, Eeva-Liisa; John-Alder, Kathleen; Stern, Robert Arthur Morton; Pantelidou, Olga; Sadighian, David (2011). Kevin Roche: architecture as environment. New Haven: Yale university press. pp. 9–58. ISBN 978-0-300-15223-4. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
  2. ^ Cotter, Holland (January 15, 2012). "The Met Reimagines the American Story". The New York Times. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
  3. ^ "In Memoriam Kevin Roche: 1922 - 2019". www.ucd.ie. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  4. ^ Goldberger, Paul (April 15, 1982). "Kevin Roche Wins Pritzker Prize in Architecture". The New York Times. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
  5. ^ Ayoubi, Ayda (March 4, 2019). "AIA Gold Medalist Kevin Roche Dies at 96". www.architectmagazine.com. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
  6. ^ "Kevin Roche AIA Gold Medal Awarded In 1993". Edubilla.com. Retrieved September 23, 2021.