Roche-Dinkeloo
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Roche-Dinkeloo, otherwise known as Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates LLC, is an architectural partnership based in Hamden, Connecticut founded in 1966.
The principal designer is 1982 Pritzker Prize laureate Kevin Roche, with John Dinkeloo as the expert in construction and technology. Roche and Dinkeloo both previously worked with Eero Saarinen. Almost all buildings built by Roche are with this firm, and they exhibit his particular architecture and aesthetic, although it has changed wildly throughout the past 40 years. Previous buildings were characterized by massive façades and experimentation with exposed steel and concrete, while more recent buildings emphasize a clean, glassy look suggesting futuristic and green architecture. The firm also built in postmodern and historicist styles during the early 1990s.
The original partnership ended on Dinkeloo's death in 1981, however Roche maintained the firm's name with other principals.
[edit] Notable buildings
- IBM Pavillion at the 1964 World's Fair, New York, New York, (1964)
- Metropolitan Museum of Art Master Plan, expansion, and renovation, New York, New York, (1966-ongoing)
- Ford Foundation Headquarters,New York, New York, (1968)
- Knights of Columbus Building, New Haven, Connecticut (1969)
- New Haven Coliseum, New Haven, Connecticut, (1972)
- U. N. Plaza, New York, (1975)
- Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Center for Folk Art at Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Virginia, (1992)
- Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York, New York, (2003)
[edit] External links
- Firm Website: Kevin Roche John Dinkloo and Associates, LLP
