Kevin Roche facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Kevin Roche FAIA
Born	Eamonn Kevin Roche (1922-06-14)June 14, 1922 Dublin, Ireland
Died	March 1, 2019(2019-03-01) (aged 96) Guilford, Connecticut, U.S.
Nationality	Irish American
Alma mater	University College Dublin Illinois Institute of Technology
Occupation	Architect
Awards	AIA Gold Medal Twenty-five Year Award American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medals Pritzker Prize
Practice	Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates
Buildings	Convention Centre Dublin Head Office for Bouygues Shiodome City Center U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Museum of Jewish Heritage 1101 New York Avenue Ford Foundation John Deere World Headquarters Metropolitan Museum of Art Oakland Museum of California

Eamonn Kevin Roche FAIA (June 14, 1922 – March 1, 2019) was an Irish-born American Pritzker Prize-winning architect. He was responsible for the design/master planning for over 200 built projects in both the U.S. and abroad. These 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, and thereafter designed all of the new wings and installation of many collections including the recently reopened American and Islamic wings.

Born in Dublin and a graduate from University College Dublin, Roche went to the United States to study with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe at the Illinois Institute of Technology. In the U.S., he became the principal designer for Eero Saarinen, and opened his own architectural firm in 1967.

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

Images for kids

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  Roche (right) with Eero Saarinen in the 1950s

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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.

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  Headquarters for Santander Central Hispano located in Madrid, Spain.

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  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

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  The DN Tower 21 in Tokyo, Japan.

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