Roche-Dinkeloo
Roche-Dinkeloo, otherwise known as Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates LLC (KRJDA), is an architectural firm based in Hamden, Connecticut founded in 1966.
The principal designer is 1982 Pritzker Prize laureate Kevin Roche, with John Dinkeloo — a graduate of the University of Michigan — 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. Earlier 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.
Notable buildings
- Irwin Union Bank and Trust Columbus, Indiana (1954)
- IBM Pavilion, World's Fair, New York City (1964)
- Metropolitan Museum of Art Master Plan, expansion, and renovation, New York City (1966-ongoing)
- Ford Foundation Building, New York City (1968)
- Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena, Rochester, New York (1968)
- Flight Wing One, TWA Flight Center, New York City (1969)
- Knights of Columbus Building, New Haven, Connecticut (1969)
- Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, California (1969)
- The Pyramids, Indianapolis (1972)
- New Haven Coliseum, New Haven, Connecticut (1972)
- Center for the Arts, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut (1972)
- Worcester Plaza, Worcester, Massachusetts (1974)
- U.N. Plaza, New York City (1975)
- 750 7th Avenue, New York City (1981)
- One Summit Square, Fort Wayne, Indiana (1982)
- 60 Wall Street, New York City (1989)
- Merck headquarters, Whitehouse Station, New Jersey (1990)
- Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Center for Folk Art, Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Virginia (1992)
- NationsBank Building, Atlanta (1992)
- Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York City (1993)
- Maxis Tower Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (1998)
- Zesiger Sports and Fitness Center, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts (2002)
- Skirball Center for Performing Arts, New York City (2003)
- Shiodome City Center, Tokyo, Japan (2003)
- Convention Centre Dublin, Dublin, Ireland (2010)
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