Career Retrospective: Kevin Roche / [presented by] Kevin Roche.

Format:

Sound recording

Contributor:

Roche, Kevin, 1922-2019, narrator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture, Modern--20th century.

Architecture, Modern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 audio file (37 minutes)).

Place of Publication:

London, England: Pidgeon Digital, 2009.

Summary:

Born in Dublin in 1922, Kevin Roche crossed the Atlantic to study under Mies van der Rohe at Illinois Institute of Technology, before taking a job in Eero Saarinen's office. When Saarinen died suddenly on the operating table in 1961, he joined forces with colleague John Dinkeloo to take over the practice, and complete Saarinen's unfinished projects, which included Dulles Airport and the St. Louis Arch. The pair changed their name to Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo & Associates in 1966, and in 1982 Roche was awarded the Pritzker Prize. In this talk Roche takes a retrospective look back over his career. He compares the different methodological approaches of Mies and Saarinen; the upheaval following Saarinen's early death; his own breakthrough projects for the Oakland Museum of California, The Knights of Columbus in New Haven and The Ford Foundation in New York; his resistance to shifting fashions in architecture; and his ongoing work at the Metropolitan Museum, New York.

Contents:

Kevin Roche, Circa 1972, Hamden, Connecticut

Kevin Roche & Eero Saarinen

KRJDA Office, Hampden, Connecticut

Oakland Museum Of California, 1969

John Dinkeloo & Kevin Roche, 1978, Hamden, Connecticut

Knights Of Columbus, New Haven, Connecticut. Ford Foundation, New York, New York, 1968

Ford Foundation, New York, New York, 1968

National Conference Centre, Dublin

Metropolitan Museum, New York, New York. Ongoing.

Notes:

Title from publisher's website (viewed April 7, 2021).

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.