Kevin Roche
Eamonn Kevin Roche (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 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.
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