Editing Kevin Roche

{{Short description|Irish-born American architect (1922–2019)}}
{{for|the Australian rules footballer|Kevin Roche (footballer)}}
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{{Infobox architect
|image = File:Kevin Roche Pritzker portrait 1982.jpg|Kevin_Roche_Pritzker_portrait_1982
|honorific_suffix  = [[FAIA]]
|caption           = 
|nationality       = {{flatlist|
* Irish
* American
}}
|birth_name        = Eamonn Kevin Roche
|birth_date        = {{birth date|mf=yes|1922|06|14}}
|birth_place       = [[Dublin]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|Ireland]]
|death_date        = {{Death date and age|2019|03|01|1922|06|14}}
|death_place       = [[Guilford, Connecticut]], U.S.
|alma_mater        = {{plainlist|
* [[University College Dublin]]
* [[Illinois Institute of Technology]]
}}
|practice          = [[Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates]]
|significant_buildings = {{flatlist|
* [[Convention Centre Dublin]]
* Head Office for [[Bouygues]]
* {{#ifexist:Lafayette Tower|[[Lafayette Tower]]}}
* [[Shiodome City Center]]
* [[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]]
* [[Museum of Jewish Heritage]]
* {{#ifexist:Santander Central Hispano|[[Santander Central Hispano]]}}
* [[1101 New York Avenue]]
* [[Ford Foundation Building|Ford Foundation]]
* [[John Deere World Headquarters]]
* [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]]
* [[Oakland Museum of California]]
}}
|awards            = {{plainlist|
* [[AIA Gold Medal]]
* [[Twenty-five Year Award]]
* [[American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medals]]
* [[Pritzker Prize]]
}}
|website           = {{Official website |http://www.krjda.com |name=Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates}}
}}

'''Eamonn Kevin Roche''' {{post-nominals|list=[[FAIA]]}} (June 14, 1922 – March 1, 2019) was an Irish-born American [[Pritzker Prize]]-winning architect. Kevin Roche was the [[Archetype|archetypal]] [[Modern architecture|modernist]] and "member of an elite group of third generation modernist architects — [[James Stirling (architect)|James Stirling]], [[Jorn 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 [[Roche Dinkeloo|KRJDA]] produced over a half-century of matchless creativity."<ref name="Pelkonen">{{cite book |last1=Pelkonen |first1=Eeva-Liisa |last2=John-Alder |first2=Kathleen |last3=Stern |first3=Robert Arthur Morton |last4=Pantelidou |first4=Olga |last5=Sadighian |first5=David |title=Kevin Roche: architecture as environment |date=2011 |publisher=Yale university press |location=New Haven |isbn=978-0-300-15223-4 |pages=9–58 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PrEpcgAACAAJ |access-date=13 May 2024}}</ref>

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 facility|research facilities]], [[performing arts center]]s, 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<ref>{{cite news|last=Cotter|first=Holland|date=2012-01-15|title=The Met Reimagines the American Story|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/16/arts/design/metropolitan-museum-of-arts-new-american-wing-galleries-review.html|access-date=2012-02-23}}</ref> and Islamic wings.

Born in [[Dublin]] and a graduate from [[University College Dublin]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=In Memoriam Kevin Roche: 1922 - 2019|url=https://www.ucd.ie/newsandopinion/news/2019/march/05/inmemoriamkevinroche1922-2019/|access-date=2021-11-23|website=www.ucd.ie}}</ref> 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,<ref>{{cite news|last=Goldberger|first=Paul|date=1982-04-15|title=Kevin Roche Wins Pritzker Prize in Architecture|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/04/15/arts/kevin-roche-wins-pritzker-prize-in-architecture.html|access-date=2012-02-23}}</ref> the Gold Medal Award from the [[American Academy of Arts and Letters]] in 1990, and the [[AIA Gold Medal]] in 1993.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ayoubi|first=Ayda|date=2019-03-04|title=AIA Gold Medalist Kevin Roche Dies at 96|url=https://www.architectmagazine.com/design/aia-gold-medalist-kevin-roche-dies-at-96_o|access-date=2021-09-23|website=www.architectmagazine.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Kevin Roche AIA Gold Medal Awarded In 1993|url=http://www.edubilla.com/award/aia-gold-medal/kevin-roche/|access-date=2021-09-23|website=Edubilla.com|language=en}}</ref>

==Biography==
===Early life===
[[File:M8 and Galty Mountains, Mitchelstown (506758) (28455067412).jpg|On the [[M8 motorway (Ireland)|M8]] with the Galty Mountains by Mitchelstown, County Cork|thumb|left]][[File:Allied Irish Bank - Paul Roche, Mitchelstown - geograph.org.uk - 4177089.jpg|thumb|left|Main Street, Mitchelstown, County Cork]]
Roche was born in [[Dublin, Ireland]], during one of the most tumultuous periods in Irish history: the [[Irish Civil War]]. Eamon Roche, Kevin's father, had been jailed twice for "revolutionary activities".<ref name="Roche on Roche">{{cite book |last1=Roche |first1=Kevin |last2=Dal Co |first2=Francesco |title=Kevin Roche |date=1985 |publisher=Rizzoli International Publications |location=New York |isbn=0-8478-0680-4 |quote=When [my father] was released from jail he joined the dairy cooperative movement in a small town where he became an ambitious manager.|pages=7–93 |edition=1st |url=https://archive.org/details/kevinroche00roch/page/9/mode/2up |access-date=14 May 2024}}</ref> Kevin was born during his father's second imprisonment.<ref name="Interview by Weaver" /><ref name="Pelkonen" /> After Eamon was released from prison, he moved his family far away from war-torn Dublin to the pastoral hamlet of [[Mitchelstown]] in southwestern [[County Cork, Ireland|Ireland]]. Situated at the foothills of the [[Galtymore|Galtee Mountain Range]], Roche's upbringing was anything but typical. It was forged by Eamon's keen managerial oversight of the Mitchelstown Dairy Co-operative in which Kevin worked alongside his father as dairy farmers. Eamon Roche successfully annexed all the surrounding dairy cooperatives, forging them into the largest in [[Munster, Ireland|southwest Ireland]].<ref name="Interview by Weaver" /><ref name="Pelkonen" /> Later, the creamery was bought out by [[Ornua|KerryGold Creamery]].

Roche's life-changing moment came when his father asked him to design a warehouse to store the cheese that the dairy farms produced. Seeing his natural abilities unfold, Eamon enrolled the young Roche in a secondary school in [[Cashel, County Tipperary]] called [[Rockwell College]]. It is a well-known school in Ireland where [[Éamon de Valera]], one of the Republic of Ireland's founding fathers, once taught mathematics. While Roche attended [[Rockwell College]], his interest in architecture came about after reading a book by the English architect [[John Ruskin]], ''[[The Seven Lamps of Architecture]]''.<ref name="Pelkonen" /> He recalled that the book "was not the easiest to read but was very interesting".<ref name="Interview by Weaver" />

===University and early career===
In 1940, Kevin returned to [[Dublin, Ireland|Dublin]] to continue his interest in architecture at [[University College Dublin|University College of Dublin, or UCD]]. His first architectural drawing was of a pig enclosure composed of concrete blocks.<ref name="Kevin Roche UCD Memorial">{{cite web |title=In Memoriam Kevin Roche: 1922 - 2019 |url=https://www.ucd.ie/newsandopinion/news/2019/march/05/inmemoriamkevinroche1922-2019/ |website=University College Dublin |access-date=14 May 2024 |location=Dublin, Ireland |date=March 4, 2019 |quote=The young Roche, years later as an architecture student at UCD in the mid-1940s, designed his first building: a piggery, shaped out of concrete blocks.}}</ref> Though initially trained in German [[Beaux-Arts architecture|Beaux Arts]], this gave way to modernism and [[post-modernism]] interests. After graduating from UCD in 1945, Roche made the circuit with practically every well-known modernist of architecture:<ref name="Roche on Roche" /><ref name="Interview by Weaver">{{cite journal |last1=Weaver |first1=Thomas |last2=Roche |first2=Kevin |title=Kevin Roche 'in Conversation with' Thomas Weaver. |journal=Architectural Association School of Architecture |date=2015 |volume=71 |pages=30–47 |jstor=43687066 |url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/43687066 |access-date=13 September 2024}}</ref> [[Michael Scott (architect)|Michael Scott]] in Dublin from 1945 to 1946, [[Maxwell Fry]] in London from summer to fall of 1946, then [[Ludwig Mies van der Rohe|Mies van der Rohe]] and [[Ludwig Hilberseimer]] at [[Illinois Institute of Technology]] in 1948.<ref name="Roche on Roche" />

After less  than one year at IIT, Roche did not have enough money to continue for a second year. Since he could not receive his master's degree without funds, he instead thought of putting his architectural skills to practical use. In 1949, he moved to New York City and "badgered the UN Planning Office for a job".<ref name="Pelkonen" /> He was hired at the planning office for the [[United Nations Headquarters]] building in New York City. He began working on the United Nations complex at the firm of [[Harrison & Abramovitz]] and stayed on for eight months. During Christmas of 1950, he left to visit his family back in Ireland, but when he returned, his job had been eliminated.<ref name="Interview by Weaver" />

Penniless and uncertain of his future in the United States, Roche contemplated returning home to Ireland. But an architect at the UN, sympathetic to his plight, recommended he call the firm of Saarinen, Swanson, and Associates, where the 83-year-old [[Eliel Saarinen]] still practiced in [[Bloomfield Hills, Michigan]]. The firm's famous father was complemented by the family's talent: second wife [[Loja Saarinen|Loja]], son ([[Eero Saarinen|Eero]]), and daughter ([[Pipsan Saarinen Swanson|Pipsan]]).<ref name="Interview by Weaver" /> The firm had said that Eero Saarinen would be going to New York to interview prospective candidates. After spending an evening at New York's famous [[Stork Club]] with a cousin from Ireland, Roche was unexpectedly called for an interview the following morning. Roche went to the interview, and as Saarinen was talking to him, Roche had fallen asleep. Roche recalls that Saarinen was still talking when he awoke, and was nonetheless hired.<ref name="Pelkonen" /> He moved to Michigan and began working for the firm, which had undergone a name change to be known as Eero Saarinen and Associates (ESA).<ref name="Interview by Weaver" />

===Eero Saarinen & Associates, Michigan===
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===Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates===
Later, Roche and Dinkeloo moved the practice to [[Hamden, Connecticut]]. Saarinen's firm morphed into [[Roche-Dinkeloo|Roche-Dinkeloo Associates]] or KRJDA.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History {{!}} KRJDA Archive |url=http://www.krjda.com/history |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=www.krjda.com |language=en}}</ref> Today, the firm continues on as Roche Modern,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Firm |url=https://www.rochemodern.com/firm |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=Roche Modern |language=en-US}}</ref> where Roche's son, Eamon, is currently managing director. Thus, Roche and Dinkeloo laid the groundwork for the preeminent architectural firm which has been coined the "poster child architectural firm of corporate America".<ref name="Kerr - modern architects">{{cite journal |last1=Kerr |first1=Ron |last2=Robinson |first2=Sarah K. |last3=Elliott |first3=Carole |title=Modernism, Postmodernism, and corporate power: historicizing the architectural typology of the corporate campus |journal=Management & Organizational History |date=2 April 2016 |volume=11 |issue=2 |pages=123–146 |doi=10.1080/17449359.2016.1141690 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/297664755 |access-date=8 June 2024}}</ref>

In 1966, Roche and Dinkeloo formed [[Roche-Dinkeloo|Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates]] and completed Saarinen's projects. They completed twelve major unfinished Saarinen builds, including some of Saarinen's best-known work: the [[Gateway Arch]] in St. Louis, the expressionistic [[TWA Flight Center]] at [[JFK International Airport]] in [[New York City]], [[Dulles International Airport]] outside [[Washington, D.C.]], the strictly modern [[John Deere World Headquarters|John Deere Headquarters]] in [[Moline, Illinois]], and the [[CBS Building|CBS Headquarters]] building in [[New York City]].<ref>{{cite news|date=1992-12-14|title=Architecture Award to Kevin Roche|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/14/arts/architecture-award-to-kevin-roche.html|access-date=2012-02-23}}</ref>

Following this, Roche and Dinkeloo's 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Museums|url=http://www.krjda.com/Sites/Projects_Museums.html|access-date=2018-10-11|website=RocheDinkeloo|archive-date=September 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907072710/http://www.krjda.com/Sites/Projects_Museums.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The city was planning a monumental building to house natural history, technology, and art, and Roche provided a unique concept: a building that is a series of low-level concrete structures covering a four block area, on three levels, the terrace of each level forming the roof of the one below, i.e. a museum (in three sections) with a park on its roof. This kind of innovative solution went on to become Roche's trademark.

This project was followed by the equally highly acclaimed [[Ford Foundation Building]] in New York City, considered the first large-scale architectural building in the U.S. to devote a substantial portion of its space to horticultural pursuits. Its famous atrium was designed with the notion of having urban green-space accessible to all and is an early example of the application of [[environmental psychology]] in architecture. The building was recognized in 1968 by ''[[Architectural Record]]'' as "a new kind of urban space".<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Barnett|first=Jonathan|date=February 1968|title=Innovation and Symbolism on 42nd Street|url=https://www.architecturalrecord.com/ext/resources/news/2016/01-Jan/InTheCause/Ford-Foundation-Jonathan-Barnett-February-1968.pdf|magazine=[[Architectural Record]]|pages=105–112}}</ref>{{Quote box
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The acclaim that greeted the [[Oakland Museum of California|Oakland Museum]] and Ford Foundation earned Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates a ranking at the top of their profession. Shortly afterward they began a 40-year association with the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art New York|Metropolitan Museum of Art]] in New York City, for which they did extensive remodeling and built many extensions to house new galleries including the one containing the Egyptian [[Temple of Dendur]]. Other high-profile commissions for the firm came from clients as varied as [[Wesleyan University]], the [[United Nations]], [[Cummins Engines]], [[Union Carbide]], The [[United States Post Office]], and the [[Knights of Columbus]].

In 1982, Kevin Roche became one of the first recipients of the [[Pritzker Prize]], generally regarded as architecture's equivalent to the Nobel prize. Following this accolade, Roche's practice went global, receiving commissions for buildings in Paris, Madrid, Singapore, and Tokyo. He completed his first and only Irish project, [[Convention Centre Dublin|The Convention Centre Dublin]], in 2010.

Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates has designed numerous corporate headquarters, office buildings, banks, museums, art centers, and even part of the [[Bronx Zoo]]. Roche served as a trustee of the [[American Academy in Rome]], president of the [[American Academy of Arts and Letters]], a member of the [[National Academy of Design]], and a member of the [[U.S. Commission of Fine Arts]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Civic Art: A Centennial History of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts|publisher=[[U.S. Commission of Fine Arts]]|year=2013|isbn=978-0-1608-9702-3|editor-last=Luebke|editor-first=Thomas|location=Washington, D.C.|page=553|oclc=768168746}}</ref> 
[[File:Kevin Roche March 1989.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Kevin Roche – March 1989]]

Roche died on March 1, 2019, at his home in [[Guilford, Connecticut]], aged 96.<ref>{{cite news|last=Goldberger|first=Paul|date=2019-03-02|title=Kevin Roche, Architect Who Melded Bold With Elegant, Dies at 96|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/02/arts/kevin-roche-dead-architect.html|access-date=2019-03-02}}</ref>

==Prizes and awards==

The work of Kevin Roche has been the subject of special exhibitions at the [[Museum of Modern Art New York|Museum of Modern Art]], the [[Architectural Association of Ireland]] in Dublin, and the [[American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters]]. A 2012 exhibition, ''Kevin Roche: Architecture as Environment,'' opened at the [[Yale School of Architecture]] in New Haven, Connecticut, and has been viewed at The Museum of the City of New York, the Building Museum in Washington, and the [[University of Toronto]].

In addition to the [[Pritzker Prize]], Roche was the recipient of numerous honors and awards including the [[American Institute of Architects]] Gold Medal Award, the [[American Academy of Arts and Letters]] Gold Medal Award for Architecture, and the ''French Academie d'Architecture'' Grand Gold Medal.

==Film==

A feature documentary called ''Kevin Roche: The Quiet Architect'' was released in 2017. It was directed by Irish filmmaker (and former architecture student) Mark Noonan.

==Buildings==
[[File:One UN Plaza.jpg|thumb|right|One UN Plaza depicting Roche-Dinkeloo's signature modernist design, showing [[chamfer]]s or slant backs on northern and southern faces (1975).]]
[[File:bouygues1.jpg|thumb|right| 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.]]
[[File:Santander headquarters, Madrid.jpg|thumb|right| Headquarters for Santander Central Hispano located in Madrid, Spain.]]
[[File:americanwing1.jpg|thumb|right| New American Wing for Twentieth Century Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.]]
[[File:lucent1.jpg|thumb|right| The continuous glass wall at Lucent Technologies in Nuremberg, Germany wraps around the complex to create a unified street facade.]]
[[File:ford1.jpg|thumb|right|Ford Foundation Headquarters]]
[[File:DN-Tower-02.jpg|thumb|right| The DN Tower 21 in Tokyo, Japan.]]
*1966 – [[Oakland Museum of California]], Oakland, California
*1968 – The [[Ford Foundation Building]], New York, New York
*1969 – Administration, Student Union & Physical Education Buildings, [[RIT|Rochester Institute of Technology]], Rochester, New York
*1969 – The [[Knights of Columbus Building (New Haven, Connecticut)|Knights of Columbus Building]] Headquarters, New Haven, Connecticut<ref name="stands">{{cite magazine|date=August 2019|title=K of C Headquarters Stands Tall for Half a Century|url=https://issuu.com/columbia-magazine/docs/columbiajulyaug19en/9|magazine=Columbia|page=7}}</ref>
*1969 – United States Post Office, Columbus, Indiana
*1969 – Aetna Life and Casualty Company Computer Headquarters, Hartford, Connecticut
*1971 – Power Center for the Performing Arts, [[University of Michigan]], Ann Arbor, Michigan
*1972 – Cummins Inc. Irwin Office Building Arcade, Columbus, Indiana
*1972 – [[New Haven Coliseum]], New Haven, Connecticut, (closed 2002, demolished 2007)
*1973 – Center for the Arts, [[Wesleyan University]], Middletown, Connecticut
*1973 – Cummins Midrange Engine Plant, Columbus, Indiana
*1974 – [[Fine Arts Center (Amherst, Massachusetts)|Fine Arts Center]], [[University of Massachusetts Amherst]], Amherst, Massachusetts
*1974 – [[Worcester Plaza|Worcester County National Bank]], Worcester, Massachusetts
*1972 – [[The Pyramids (Indianapolis)|The Pyramids]], College Life Insurance Company of America headquarters, Indianapolis, Indiana
*1975 - [[One United Nations Plaza]] New York, New York
*1978 – [[John Deere World Headquarters]], West Office Building, Moline, Illinois
*1979 – [[Denver Performing Arts Complex]], Denver, Colorado
*1982 – [[The Corporate Center]], Danbury, Connecticut (originally the [[Union Carbide]] Corporate Center)
*1982 – Moudy Visual Arts and Communication Building, [[Texas Christian University]], Fort Worth, Texas
*1983 – [[Two United Nations Plaza]], New York, New York<ref>{{cite news|last=Goldberger|first=Paul|date=1987-11-29|title=Kevin Roche Finishes a Trio And Changes His Tune|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/11/29/arts/architecture-view-kevin-roche-finishes-a-trio-and-changes-his-tune.html|access-date=2012-02-23}}</ref>
*1983 – [[General Foods Corporate Headquarters]], Ryebrook, New York
*1983 – [[Cummins Corporate Office Building]], Columbus, Indiana
*1985 – [[Cummins Corporate Office Building|Cummins Engine Company Corporate Headquarters]], Columbus, Indiana
*1985 – [[DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum]], Williamsburg, Virginia
*1986 – Conoco Inc. Petroleum Headquarters, Houston, Texas
*1987 - [[Three United Nations Plaza]] New York, New York ([[UNICEF]] Headquarters)
*1988 – [[Central Park Zoo]], New York, New York<ref>{{cite news|date=1989-09-30|title=Kevin Roche Honored For Redesign of Zoo|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/09/30/arts/kevin-roche-honored-for-redesign-of-zoo.html|access-date=2012-02-23}}</ref>
*1988 – Bouygues World Headquarters, Saint-Quentin-Yvelines, France
*1989 – [[Leo Burnett Building]] Company Headquarters, Chicago, Illinois
*1990 – [[750 7th Avenue]], New York, New York
*1990 – Metropolitano Office Building, Madrid, Spain
*1992 – J. P. Morgan Headquarters, New York, New York
*1993 – [[Corning Incorporated]] Corporate Headquarters, Corning, New York
*1993 – [[Merck & Co.]] Inc. [[Merck Headquarters Building|Headquarters]], Whitehouse Station, New Jersey
*1993 – [[Bank of America Plaza (Atlanta)|NationsBank Building]] (now Bank of America Plaza), Atlanta, Georgia
*1993 – [[University of California, Santa Cruz|UC Santa Cruz]] Scotts Valley Center, Scotts Valley, California
*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
*1996 – Cummins Columbus Engine Plant Expansion, Columbus, Indiana
*1997 – [[Zesiger Sports and Fitness Center]], Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
*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, New York
*1997 – Lucent Technologies, Lisle, IL/Naperville, Illinois
*1997 – [[Museum of Jewish Heritage]], New York, New York
*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.
*2003 – Renovation to Greek and Roman Court at [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], New York, New York
*2005 – Lafayette Tower, Washington, D.C.
*2007 – Renovation to [[American Museum of Natural History]], New York, New York<ref>{{cite news|last=Vogel|first=Carol|date=2012-01-05|title=Grand Galleries for National Treasures|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/06/arts/design/metropolitan-museum-completes-american-wing-renovation.html|access-date=2012-02-23}}</ref>
*2008 – Renovation to American Wing at [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], New York, New York<ref>{{Cite news|last=Yudell|first=Leslie|date=2009-06-16|title=Newsmakers: Kevin Roche and Morrison Heckscher|work=[[Architectural Record]]|url=https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/5640-newsmakers-kevin-roche-and-morrison-heckscher|access-date=2012-02-24}}</ref>
*2009 – [[David S. Ingalls Rink]] Restoration and Addition, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
*2010 – [[Convention Centre Dublin]], Dublin, Ireland
*2011 – Renovation to Islamic Wing at [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], New York, New York

==Awards and honors==
Roche was the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including:
* [[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
* 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 Award|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 (Havelock North)|Iona College]], Doctorate of Fine Arts
* [[Yale University]], Doctorate of Fine Arts

==Further reading==
;Articles
* Currey, Mason. “Rediscovered Masterpiece: Ford Foundation”, ''Metropolis'' (December 2008), pp.&nbsp;90–104
* McMillan, Elizabeth. “Kevin Roche: Pritzker Prize Winner”, ''Veranda'' (October 2007), pp.&nbsp;150–158, 241.
* Lee, Sangleem. “Kevin Roche”, ''Space'' (July 2006); pp.&nbsp;159–181.
* Langan, Sheila. "[https://www.irishamerica.com/2012/03/kevin-roche-americas-irish-architect/ Kevin Roche: America’s Irish Architect]", ''Irish America Magazine'' (April/May 2012) pp.&nbsp;52–56.

;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
* 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.

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Kevin Roche}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120325211612/http://archiseek.com/2009/kevin-roche-born-1922/ Profile.] archiseek.com
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930081958/http://www.yurgeles.net/Stein_Website/HTML/index.html New Haven Coliseum infosite.] yurgeles.net
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070925192107/http://www.pritzkerprize.com/roche.htm Kevin Roche profile.] PritzkerPrize.com
* [http://news.yale.edu/2011/01/20/yale-school-architecture-honors-kevin-roche-exhibition-symposium Yale School of Architecture Honors Kevin Roche with Exhibition, Symposium.]
* [https://columbus.in.us/kevin-roche/ Kevin Roche's six buildings in Columbus, Indiana] columbus.in.us
*[https://library.metmuseum.org/record=b1712935~S1, Oral history interview with Kevin Roche, 1995 Jan. 4] from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Archives, New York.
*[http://www.krjda.com/ Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo Archive Website]
*[https://www.rochemodern.com/ Roche Modern website]

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