Kevin Roche

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Eamonn Kevin Roche (June 14, 1922 – March 1, 2019) was an Irish-born American architect. He was born in Dublin. His career was based in New Haven, Connecticut. He designed over 200 built projects in both the U.S. and abroad.

His projects include eight museums, 38 corporate headquarters, seven 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^[1] and Islamic wings. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1982.

Roche died on March 1, 2019 at his home in Guilford, Connecticut, aged 96.^[2]

Kevin Roche Media

M8 and Galty Mountains, Mitchelstown (506758) (28455067412).jpg

M8 and Galty Mountains, Mitchelstown (506758) (28455067412)
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Main Street, Mitchelstown, County Cork
Saarinen office staff. Eero Saarinen (left) and Kevin Roche, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.jpg

Roche (right) with Eero Saarinen in the 1950s
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Kevin Roche – March 1989
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One UN Plaza depicting Roche-Dinkeloo's signature modernist design, showing chamfers or slant backs on northern and southern faces (1975).
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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.
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The continuous glass wall at Lucent Technologies in Nuremberg, Germany wraps around the complex to create a unified street facade.
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Ford Foundation Headquarters

References

↑ COTTER, HOLLAND (January 15, 2012). "The Met Reimagines the American Story". Art Review (New York Times). https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/16/arts/design/metropolitan-museum-of-arts-new-american-wing-galleries-review.html?scp=3&sq=%22kevin+roche%22&st=nyt. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
↑ Kevin Roche, Architect Who Melded Bold With Elegant, Dies at 96. March 2, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/02/arts/kevin-roche-dead-architect.html. Retrieved March 2, 2019.

Other websites

Profile. Archived 2012-03-25 at the Wayback Machine archiseek.com
New Haven Coliseum infosite. yurgeles.net
Kevin Roche profile. PritzkerPrize.com
Yale School of Architecture Honors Kevin Roche with Exhibition, Symposium.

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[1] COTTER, HOLLAND (January 15, 2012). "The Met Reimagines the American Story". Art Review (New York Times). https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/16/arts/design/metropolitan-museum-of-arts-new-american-wing-galleries-review.html?scp=3&sq=%22kevin+roche%22&st=nyt. Retrieved 23 February 2012.

[2] Kevin Roche, Architect Who Melded Bold With Elegant, Dies at 96. March 2, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/02/arts/kevin-roche-dead-architect.html. Retrieved March 2, 2019.

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