Pritzker Prize-winning architect and Eero Saarinen protégé Kevin Roche has passed away aged 96, leaving behind a "formidable body of work" including New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Ford Foundation headquarters.
The Dublin-born modernist architect ? one of the first recipients of the Pritzker Prize ? died Friday 1 March 2019 aged 96 at his home in Guilford, Connecticut.
His portfolio encompasses eight museums, 38 institutional and corporate headquarters, seven research laboratories, as well as performing arts centers, theatre and campus buildings for universities.
Roche kicked-off career with Eero Saarinen
After studying under modernist architect Mies van der Rohe at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Roche kicked off his career in postwar America at the Detroit office of neo-futurist architect Eero Saarinen. Starting at the practice in 1950, he was promoted to principal design associate and worked closely with the Finnish-American on a number of US projects up until 1961, when Saarinen passed away. Roche was left in charge of the practice with his future partner, John Dinkeloo, and Joseph Lacy.
Roche's firm designed the masterplan and new galleries for The Met, including the American Wing
The trio completed 12 of Saarinen's projects, including JFK's TWA Flight Center, Dulles International Airport Terminal, the St Louis Arch, and the Deere and Company Headquarters.
Roche and Dinkeloo later established Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associate...