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Kevin Roche

Kevin Roche. (June 14, 1922-present) by Kimberly Shaffer. Background. Born in Dublin, Ireland in 1922 Lived through the Great Depression, World War I, and World War II. Education. 1945 – Bachelor of Architecture, National University of Dublin

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Kevin Roche

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  1. Kevin Roche (June 14, 1922-present) by Kimberly Shaffer

  2. Background • Born in Dublin, Ireland in 1922 • Lived through the Great Depression, World War I, and World War II

  3. Education • 1945 – Bachelor of Architecture, National University of Dublin • 1948 – one semester in the Master’s program in the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, under Mies van der Rohe

  4. Style & Influence • Doesn’t believe architecture should fit a particular mold. • Rejects any attempt to categorize his work • Famous for his creative use of glass • Innovative and functional designs • Studied with Michael Scott and then Maxwell Fry in London • Helped complete Eero Saarinen’s projects when he died (St. Louis Archway, John Deere Headquarters in Illinois, CBS Headquarters in New York, TWA Terminal at JFK International Airport in New York, etc.)

  5. Architecture is… a response not only to the immediate requirements but also to the broader concerns of the community, the accommodation of the natural and cultural environment, and the belief that the final responsibility is not only to the use, and the community, but ultimately to posterity. — Kevin Roche

  6. St. Louis Archway St. Louis, Missouri, October 28, 1965Eero Saarinen & Kevin Roche

  7. J.P. Morgan Headquarters 60 Wall Street, New York, 1989Kevin Roche, John Dinkeloo and Associates LLC

  8. 1101 New York Avenue, Washington, DC, 2007 Kevin Roche, John Dinkeloo & Associates, LLC

  9. Agere Systems, Lehigh Valley Corporate Campus Pennsylvania, 2003Kevin Roche, John Dinkeloo and Associates, LLC

  10. 1 United Nations Plaza New York City, New York, 1975 Kevin Roche and John Dinkeloo

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