(Eamonn) Kevin Roche - Notable works

Architect, born in Dublin, Ireland. Trained at the National University of Ireland, he joined Eero Saarinen (1950) soon after emigrating to the USA. After Saarinen's death, Roche completed his projects with his associate John Dinkeloo, with whom he then formed a partnership (1966) specializing in civic and corporate buildings. Characterized by stark sculptural forms, his work includes the Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA (1961–8) and the Jewish Museum, New York (1985). He was awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1982.

Having graduated from University College Dublin Roche immigrated to the US in 1948, studied under Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and later worked for Eero Saarinen. When Saarinen died in 1961, Roche completed ten major unfinished Saarinen projects, including some of Saarinen's best-known work: the Gateway Arch, the expressionistic TWA Terminal at JFK International Airport in New York, Dulles International Airport outside Washington, DC, the strictly modern John Deere Headquarters in Moline, Illinois, and CBS Headquarters in New York City.

In 1966 Roche formed a partnership with civil engineer John Dinkeloo, known as Roche-Dinkeloo. They also designed the New Haven Coliseum which is currently being demolished and scheduled for a final implosion.

Notable works

(1966), Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, California. (1967), Ford Foundation Building, New York City, which features a dramatic 12-story jungle atrium. Photo (1969), Knights of Columbus Building, New Haven, Connecticut. (1972), New Haven Coliseum, New Haven, Connecticut. Plaza, New York City. Many buildings on the campus of the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York.