Kevin Roche

Kevin Roche
Convention Centre Dublin
Born	June 22, 1922 (1922-06-22) Dublin, Ireland
Nationality	American
Awards	AIA Gold Medal Twenty-five Year Award American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medals Pritzker Prize
Work
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 is an Irish-American Pritzker Prize-winning architect. He has master planned and designed over 200 diverse projects both in the U.S. and internationally, including 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 and Islamic Wings.

Born in Dublin, 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. 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.

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.

Among other awards, Roche received the Pritzker Prize in 1982 , the Gold Medal Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1990, and the AIA Gold Medal in 1993.

Awards and Honors

Lafayette Tower is the first commercial office building in Washington, DC to receive LEED CS Platinum certification.

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.

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

Affiliations:

• Academician and President (1994 to 1997), American Academy of Arts and Letters
• Founding Board Member, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
• Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• Academician, National Academy of Design
• Member, Académie d'architecture
• Member, Accademia di San Luca
• Fellow, American Institute of Architects
• Member, Royal Institute of British Architects
• Member, Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland
• Member, Japan Institute of Architects

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
• Eric Arthur Gallery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada January 2013

Notable Buildings

• 1996 - 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 - Creative Arts Center, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
• 1974 - Fine Arts Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
• 1974 - The Pyramids (Indianapolis) College Life Insurance Company of America Headquarters, Indianapolis, IN
• 1978 - John Deere World Headquarters West Office Building, Moline, IN
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 2008 - Renovation to American Wing at Metropolitan Museum of Art
• 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

Publications

• Recent press:
• Harvey, Shannon. “All Around Guy.” The Architect’s Newspaper. April 13, 2011.
• Ouroussoff, Nicolai. “Turning a Rearview Mirror on Kevin Roche.” The New York Times. February 22, 2011.
• Caitlin, Roger. “Kevin Roche: ‘Architecture as Environment.’” Hartford Courant. February 18, 2011.
• Lewis, Corra. “Exhibit Reviews Work of Heralded Modernist Kevin Roche.: Yale Daily News. February 8, 2011.
• Comprehensive articles:
• Currey, Mason. “Rediscovered Masterpiece: Ford Foundation.” Metropolis. December 2008, pp. 90-104
• McMillan, Elizabeth. “Kevin Roche: Pritzker Prize Winner.” Veranda. October 2007, pp. 150-158, 241.
• Lee, Sangleem. “Kevin Roche.” Space. July 2006 pp.159-181.
• Special magazine editions:
• Nakamura, Toshio. Kevin Roche, Architecture and Urbanism (A+U) Extra Edition, Tokyo, Japan: The Japan Architect Co., Ltd. Yoshio Yoshida, Publisher, 1987 [Introduction by Toshio Nakamura, essays by Ludwig Glaeser and Nubuo Hozumi.]
• Hozumi, Toshio et al. Latest Works of Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates, Architecture & Urbanism, (A+U), No. 211, Tokyo, Japan: The Japan Architect Co., Ltd., April, 1988, No.211.
• Hara, Hiroshi and Nobutaka Ashira. America’s New Architectural Wave: The Architect Kevin Roche’s Appearance on The Scene, SD Space Design No. 63, A Monthly Journal of Art & Architecture, Tokyo, Japan: January 1970.
• Miller, Nory. Roche Dinkeloo, General Foods Headquarters, Texas Christian University Visual Arts Center, One Summit Square, Deere Financial Services Hdqrs., & Kevin Roche Interview Global Architecture, GA Document 9, A.D.A. EDITA Tokyo Co., Ltd., February 1984.
• Futagawa, Yukio. Roche Dinkeloo, 6 High Rise Projects Deutsche Bank, J. P. Morgan, Design for Two Buildings in Denver, Dallas Competition, High Rise Study in Houston]. Global Architecture, GA Document 12. Tokyo, Japan: A.D.A. EDITA Tokyo Co., Ltd., January 1985.
• Miller, Nory. Roche Dinkeloo Cummins Engine Company Corporate Office Building, Columbus Indiana & Conoco Inc. Petroleum Headquarters, Global Architecture, GA Document 14, editing and publishing by Yukio Futagawa, A.D.A. EDITA Tokyo Co. , Ltd., photographs, RETORIA: Y. Futagawa & Associated Photographers, December 1985.
• Futagawa, Yukio. Roche Dinkeloo, Bouygues Headquarters, Global Architecture, GA Document 22. Tokyo, Japan: A.D.A. EDITA Tokyo Co., Ltd., January 1989.

External links

• Kevin Roche
• Official Website for Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates
• A Website about the New Haven Coliseum
• Kevin Roche, Pritzker Prize
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