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Kevin Roche
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Kevin Roche, born Eamonn Kevin Roche in Dublin in 1922, was an architect and engineer. He held citizenship in the Republic of Ireland and the United States. Roche was educated at University College Dublin and the Illinois Institute of Technology. He worked in the field of architecture and spoke English.
His notable works include the Bank of America Plaza and the Leo Burnett Building. His works are held in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Roche received the AIA Gold Medal, the Twenty-five Year Award, and the Pritzker Architecture Prize. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Accademia di San Luca. He died in Guilford in 2019.
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Key facts
- 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.
- 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
- Website
- Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Kevin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Dublin
- Place of death
- Guilford
- Occupation
- engineer
- Educated at
- Illinois Institute of Technology
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- Leo Burnett Building
- Field of work
- architecture
- Official website
- www.krjda.com
- Image
- Kevin Roche krb.00028 (cropped).jpg
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- Commons category
- Kevin Roche
- date of birth
- 1922-06-14
- date of death
- 2019-03-01
- name in native language
- Kevin Roche
- birth name
- Eamonn Kevin Roche
- has works in the collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
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Encyclopedic overview
Eamonn Kevin Roche (June 14, 1922 – March 1, 2019) was an American Pritzker Prize-winning architect. Kevin Roche was the archetypal modernist and "member of an elite group of third generation modernist architects — James Stirling, Jørn Utzon, and Robert Venturi — and is considered to be the most logical and systematic designer of the group. He and his partner John Dinkeloo of the firm KRJDA produced over a half-century of matchless creativity."
Roche and Dinkeloo were responsible for the design/master planning of 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 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 reopened American and Islamic wings.
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