Kevin Roche
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| Kevin Roche | |
| Born | June 14, 1922; Dublin, Ireland |
| Education | University College Dublin, Illinois Institute of Technology |
| Firms | Roche-Dinkeloo |
| Notes | |
| At Great Buildings | http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Roche-Dinkeloo.html |
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[edit] Works
- College Life Insurance Co., Indianapolis, 1967-1971 Archiplanet page Buildings page
[edit] Discussion
He studied under Ludwig Mies van der Rohe at the Illinois Institute of Technology. He was recruited in 1950 by Eero Saarinen and joined the firm of Saarinen, Saarinen and Associates, which subsequently became Eero Saarinen and Associates. In 1954, he became the Principal Design Associate to Saarinen and assisted him on all of the projects from that time until Saarinen's death in September 1961. Roche completed twelve major unfinished Saarinen projects, including some of Saarinen's best-known work: the Gateway Arch, TWA Flight Center at JFK International Airport in New York, Dulles International Airport outside Washington, DC, John Deere Headquarters in Moline, Illinois, and CBS Headquarters in New York City.
In 1966 Roche and John Dinkeloo changed the name of Eero Saarinen and Associates to Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates upon completion of Saarinen's projects. Together, their first major commission was the Oakland Museum of California, a complex for the art, natural history, and cultural history of California with a design featuring interrelated terraces and roof gardens.
Dinkeloo died in 1981. Roche continues the practice with two partners in Hamden, Connecticut.
[edit] Details
- Recipient, Pritzker Architecture Prize, 1982.
- Recipient, AIA Gold Medal Award, 1993.
