Kevin Roche

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Kevin Roche
Born	(1922-06-14) June 14, 1922 Dublin, Ireland
Nationality	American
Awards	AIA Gold Medal Twenty-five Year Award American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medals Pritzker Prize

Practice	Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo & Associates
Buildings	Convention Centre Dublin, Head Office for Bouygues, Lafayette Tower, Shiodome City Center, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Museum of Jewish Heritage, Santander Central Hispano, 1101 New York Avenue, Ford Foundation, John Deere World Headquarters, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Oakland Museum of California

Kevin Roche, FAIA born Eamonn Kevin Roche (June 14, 1922), is an Irish-born American Pritzker Prize-winning architect. He has been responsible for the design/master planning for 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 6 universities. In 1967 he created the master plan for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and since then has designed all of the new wings and installation of many collections including the recently reopened American^[1] and Islamic Wings.

Among other awards, Roche received the Pritzker Prize in 1982,^[2] the Gold Medal Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1990, and the AIA Gold Medal in 1993. In 2012, Roche was inducted into Irish America magazine's Hall of Fame.^[3]

Biography

Born in Dublin, but raised in Mitchelstown, County Cork, Roche graduated from University College Dublin in 1945. He then worked with Michael Scott from 1945–1946. From summer to fall of 1946 he worked with Maxwell Fry in London. In 1947 he applied for graduate studies at Harvard, Yale, and Illinois Institute of Technology and was accepted at all three institutions, and left Ireland in 1948 to study under Ludwig Mies van der Rohe at the Illinois Institute of Technology. In 1949 he worked at the planning office for the United Nations Headquarters building in New York City. In 1950 he joined the firm of Eero Saarinen and Associates.^[4] In 1954, he became the Principal Design Associate to Eero Saarinen and assisted him on all of the projects from that time until Eero Saarinen's death in September 1961. Roche completed 12 major unfinished Saarinen projects, including some of Saarinen's best-known work: the Gateway Arch, the expressionistic TWA Flight Center at JFK International Airport in New York, Dulles International Airport outside Washington, DC, the strictly modern John Deere Headquarters in Moline, Illinois, and the CBS Headquarters building in New York City.^[5]

In 1966 Roche and John Dinkeloo formed the firm 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.

The firm of Roche & Dinkeloo has designed numerous corporate headquarters, office buildings, banks, museums, and art centers. Roche has served as a trustee of the American Academy in Rome, president of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, member of the National Academy of Design, and member of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts.^[6]

Buildings

The Head Office for Bouygues SA Holding company received the “Haute Qualité Environnementale (HQE)” which is the highest certification for environmental quality in building design in France.

Headquarters for Santander Central Hispano located in Madrid, Spain.

New American Wing for Twentieth Century Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The continuous glass wall at Lucent Technologies in Nurnberg, Germany wraps around the complex to create a unified street facade.

Unlike conventional New York office buildings which isolate the occupants, the Ford Foundation Headquarters creates an environment of openness and fosters a sense of working family.

The DN Tower 21 in Tokyo, Japan.

1966 – Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
1968 – The Ford Foundation, New York, NY
1969 – Administration, Student Union & Physical Education Buildings, RIT, Rochester, NY
1969 – The Knights of Columbus Building Headquarters, New Haven, CT
1969 – United States Post Office, Columbus, IN
1969 – Aetna Life and Casualty Company Computer Headquarters, Hartford, CT
1971 – Power Center for the Performing Arts, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
1973 – Center for the Arts, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
1974 – Fine Arts Center, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA
1974 – The Pyramids (Indianapolis) College Life Insurance Company of America Headquarters, Indianapolis, IN
1978 – John Deere World Headquarters West Office Building, Moline, IL
1979 – Denver Performing Arts Complex, Denver, CO
1982 – The Corporate Center, Danbury, CT
1982 – Moudy Visual Arts and Communication Building, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
1983 – United Nations Plaza, New York, NY^[7]
1983 – General Foods Corporate Headquarters, Ryebrook, NY
1985 – Cummins Engine Company Corporate Headquarters, Columbus, IN
1985 – DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum, Williamsburg, VA
1986 – Conoco Inc. Petroleum Headquarters, Houston, TX
1988 – Central Park Zoo, New York, NY ^[8]
1988 – Bouygues World Headquarters, Saint-Quentin-Yvelines, France
1989 – Leo Burnett Building Company Headquarters, Chicago, IL
1990 – 750 7th Avenue, New York, NY
1990 – Metropolitano Office Building, Madrid, Spain
1992 – J.P. Morgan Headquarters, New York, NY
1993 – Corning Incorporated Corporate Headquarters, Corning, NY
1993 – Merck & Co. Inc. Headquarters, Whitehouse Station,NJ
1993 – Bank of America Plaza (Atlanta) GA
1993 – Borland International Corporate Headquarters, Scotts Valley, Ca
1993 – Tanjong and Binariang Headquarters/Menara Maxis, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1994 – Pontiac Marina Millenia Tower and Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Singapore
1995 – Dai-ichi Life Headquarters/ Norinchukin Bank Headquarters, DN Tower 21, Tokyo, Japan
1997 – Zesiger Sports and Fitness Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
1997 – Shiodome City Center,Tokyo, Japan
1997 – Helen and Martin Kimmel Center for University Life/ Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, New York University, New York, NY
1997 – Lucent Technologies, Lisle, IL/Naperville, IL
2000 – Ciudad Grupo Santander, Madrid, Spain
2001 – Securities and Exchange Commission Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
2002 – Bouygues SA Holding Company Headquarters, Paris, France
2003 – 1101 New York Avenue, Washington, D.C.
2008 – Renovation to Greek and Roman Court at Metropolitan Museum of Art
2005 – Lafayette Tower, Washington, D.C.
2007 – Renovation to American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY^[9]
2008 – Renovation to American Wing at Metropolitan Museum of Art ^[10]
2009 – David S. Ingalls Rink Restoration and Addition, Yale University, New Haven, CT
2010 – Convention Centre Dublin, Dublin, Ireland (2010)
2011 – Renovation to Islamic Wing at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Awards and Honors

Mr. Roche has been the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including the following:

Pritzker Prize
American Institute of Architects – AIA Gold Medal
American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medals – Gold Medal Award for Architecture
Academie d'Architecture – Grand Gold Medal
Total Design Award, American Society of Interior Designers
Medal of Honor, New York Chapter of the AIA
American Institute of Architects Twenty-five Year Award
Classical America's Arthur Ross Award
The Brendan Gill Prize of the Municipal Art Society of New York
R. S. Reynolds Memorial Award
New York State Award
California Governor's Award for Excellence in Design
Albert S. Bard First Honor Awards, City Club of New York
Brandeis University Creative Arts Award in Architecture
Brunner Award of the American Institute of Art and Letters
New York Chapter American Institute of Architects Award

Honorary Degrees:

Wesleyan University, Doctorate of Fine Arts
National University of Ireland, Doctorate of Fine Arts
Albertus Magnus College, Doctorate of Fine Arts
Iona College, Doctorate of Fine Arts
Yale University, Doctorate of Fine Arts

Exhibitions: KEVIN ROCHE Architecture as Environment

Yale University, New Haven, CT February 7, 2011 – May 6, 2011
Museum of the City of New York, New York, NY September 27, 2011 – February 13, 2012
National Building Museum, Washington, D.C. June 16, 2012 – December 2, 2012

References

↑ COTTER, HOLLAND (January 15, 2012). "The Met Reimagines the American Story". Art Review (New York Times). Retrieved 23 February 2012.
↑ GOLDBERGER, PAUL (April 15, 1982). "KEVIN ROCHE WINS PRITZKER PRIZE IN ARCHITECTURE". Times Article (New York Times). Retrieved 23 February 2012.
↑ Langan, Sheila. "Kevin Roche Visionary Architect", "Irish America magazine", March 14, 2012. Accessed March 21, 2012. "Kevin Roche has established himself as one of the finest modern architects of his generation."
↑ ], [http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2011/0409/1224294270946.html An Irish starchitect: the iconic buildings that have made Kevin Roche's reputation The Irish Times newspaper, 9 April 2011
↑ unknown, unknown (December 14, 1992). "Architecture Award to Kevin Roche". December 14, 1992 (New York Times). Retrieved 23 February 2012.
↑ Thomas E. Luebke, ed., Civic Art: A Centennial History of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, 2013): Appendix B, p. 553.
↑ GOLDBERGER, PAUL (November 29, 1987). "ARCHITECTURE VIEW; Kevin Roche Finishes a Trio And Changes His Tune". New York Times. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
↑ unknown, unknown (September 30, 1989). "Kevin Roche Honored For Redesign of Zoo". September 30, 1989 (New York Times). Retrieved 23 February 2012.
↑ VOGEL, CAROL (January 5, 2012). "Advertise on NYTimes.com Grand Galleries for National Treasures". Times Article (New York Times). Retrieved 23 February 2012.
↑ Yudell, Leslie. "Leslie Yudell". Architectural Record. Retrieved 24 February 2012.

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Pritzker Architecture Prize laureates

Philip Johnson (1979)
Luis Barragán (1980)
James Stirling (1981)
Kevin Roche (1982)
I. M. Pei (1983)
Richard Meier (1984)
Hans Hollein (1985)
Gottfried Böhm (1986)
Kenzo Tange (1987)
Gordon Bunshaft and Oscar Niemeyer (1988)
Frank Gehry (1989)
Aldo Rossi (1990)
Robert Venturi (1991)
Álvaro Siza Vieira (1992)
Fumihiko Maki (1993)
Christian de Portzamparc (1994)
Tadao Ando (1995)
Rafael Moneo (1996)
Sverre Fehn (1997)
Renzo Piano (1998)
Norman Foster (1999)
Rem Koolhaas (2000)
Herzog & de Meuron (2001)
Glenn Murcutt (2002)
Jørn Utzon (2003)
Zaha Hadid (2004)
Thom Mayne (2005)
Paulo Mendes da Rocha (2006)
Richard Rogers (2007)
Jean Nouvel (2008)
Peter Zumthor (2009)
Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA (2010)
Eduardo Souto de Moura (2011)
Wang Shu (2012)
Toyo Ito (2013)

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 40170981 LCCN: n85069293 ISNI: 0000 0000 8375 190X GND: 11860161X SELIBR: 350599 BNF: cb16545924c NDL: 00454440

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Name	Roche, Kevin
Alternative names
Short description	Architect
Date of birth	June 14, 1922
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
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