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Roche Dinkeloo, otherwise known as Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates LLC (KRJDA), is an
architectural firm In the United States, an architectural firm or architecture firm is a business that employs one or more licensed architects and practices the profession of architecture; while in South Africa, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Denmark and other countr ...
based in
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founded in 1966. In 2020, it relocated to
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,
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, and took the name Roche Dinkeloo.


About

The principal designers were 1982
Pritzker Prize The Pritzker Architecture Prize is an international award presented annually "to honor a living architect or architects whose built work demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision and commitment which has produced consisten ...
laureate
Kevin Roche Eamonn Kevin Roche (June 14, 1922 – March 1, 2019) was an Irish-born American Pritzker Prize-winning architect. Kevin Roche was the Archetype, archetypal Modern architecture, modernist and "member of an elite group of third generation modern ...
(June 1922 – 2019), with John Dinkeloo—a graduate of the
University of Michigan The University of Michigan (U-M, U of M, or Michigan) is a public university, public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest institution of higher education in the state. The University of Mi ...
—as the expert in construction and technology. After Roche's death, the firm relaunched in 2020 as Roche Modern under director Jerry Boryca and managing director Eamon Roche. The firm is now based out of New Haven, CT. Roche and Dinkeloo both previously worked with
Eero Saarinen Eero Saarinen (, ; August 20, 1910 – September 1, 1961) was a Finnish-American architect and industrial designer who created a wide array of innovative designs for buildings and monuments, including the General Motors Technical Center; the pa ...
. Almost all buildings built by Roche are with this firm, and they exhibit his particular architecture and aesthetic, although it has changed wildly throughout the past 40 years. Earlier buildings were characterized by massive facades and experimentation with exposed steel and concrete, while more recent buildings emphasize a clean, glassy look suggesting futuristic and
green architecture Sustainable architecture is architecture that seeks to minimize the negative environmental impact of buildings through improved efficiency and moderation in the use of materials, energy, development space and the ecosystem at large. Sometimes, s ...
. The firm also built in
postmodern Postmodernism encompasses a variety of artistic, cultural, and philosophical movements that claim to mark a break from modernism. They have in common the conviction that it is no longer possible to rely upon previous ways of depicting the wo ...
and
historicist Historicism is an approach to explaining the existence of phenomena, especially social and cultural practices (including ideas and beliefs), by studying the process or history by which they came about. The term is widely used in philosophy, ant ...
styles during the early 1990s. The firm received the American Institute of Architects 1974 Architectural Firm Award and in 1995 the firm was the recipient of the American Institute of Architect's 25-Year Award for the Ford Foundation Headquarters in New York City. In 1982, Kevin Roche received the
Pritzker Prize The Pritzker Architecture Prize is an international award presented annually "to honor a living architect or architects whose built work demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision and commitment which has produced consisten ...
and in 1993, he received the
AIA Gold Medal The AIA Gold Medal is awarded by the American Institute of Architects conferred "by the national AIA Board of Directors in recognition of a significant body of work of lasting influence on the theory and practice of architecture." It is the Ins ...
. In 2015 Kevin Roche received the George Malcolm White Award from the American Architectural Foundation.
Kevin Roche Eamonn Kevin Roche (June 14, 1922 – March 1, 2019) was an Irish-born American Pritzker Prize-winning architect. Kevin Roche was the Archetype, archetypal Modern architecture, modernist and "member of an elite group of third generation modern ...
has been referred to as the "first rchitectto see architecture and nature as one."


Projects

KRJDA has completed over 200 projects in the US and internationally. These include 8 museums, 38 institutional and corporate headquarters, 7 research laboratories, conference and performing arts centers, theaters, and campus buildings for 6 separate universities. KRJDA maintained their office in Hamden,
Connecticut Connecticut ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York (state), New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. ...
.


Film

A feature documentary about
Kevin Roche Eamonn Kevin Roche (June 14, 1922 – March 1, 2019) was an Irish-born American Pritzker Prize-winning architect. Kevin Roche was the Archetype, archetypal Modern architecture, modernist and "member of an elite group of third generation modern ...
and his work, called ''Kevin Roche: The Quiet Architect'' was released in 2017. It is directed by Irish filmmaker (ex-architecture student) Mark Noonan whose 2015 debut feature You're Ugly Too starred
Aidan Gillen Aidan Murphy (born 1967 or 1968), better known as Aidan Gillen (), is an Irish actor. He is known for his roles as Stuart Alan Jones in ''Queer as Folk (British TV series), Queer as Folk'' (1999–2000); Tommy Carcetti in ''The Wire'' (2004–20 ...
and was met with critical acclaim.


Notable buildings

* 1968 – The Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice, New York, NY * 1969 –
Oakland Museum of California Oakland is a city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California. It is the county seat and most populous city in Alameda County, California, Alameda County, with a population of 440,646 in 2020. A major We ...
, Oakland, CA * 1969 – Administration, Student Union & Physical Education Buildings,
RIT RIT is a common abbreviated name for Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York, USA. RIT or rit may also refer to: Business * Recherche et Industrie Thérapeutiques, the former name of what is now GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals in Bel ...
, Rochester, NY * 1969 – The Knights of Columbus Building Headquarters, New Haven, CT * 1969 – United States Post Office, Columbus, IN * 1969 – Aetna Life and Casualty Company Computer Headquarters, Hartford, CT * 1971 – Power Center for the Performing Arts,
University of Michigan The University of Michigan (U-M, U of M, or Michigan) is a public university, public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest institution of higher education in the state. The University of Mi ...
, Ann Arbor, MI * 1973 – Center for the Arts,
Wesleyan University Wesleyan University ( ) is a Private university, private liberal arts college, liberal arts university in Middletown, Connecticut, United States. It was founded in 1831 as a Men's colleges in the United States, men's college under the Methodi ...
, Middletown, CT * 1974 – Fine Arts Center,
University of Massachusetts Amherst The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst) is a public land-grant research university in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Massachusetts system and was founded in 1863 as the ...
, Amherst, MA * 1974 – The Pyramids (Indianapolis) College Life Insurance Company of America Headquarters, Indianapolis, IN * 1974 – Worcester Plaza, Worcester, MA * 1975 – One United Nations Plaza and ONE UN New York Hotel, New York, NY * 1978 –
John Deere World Headquarters The John Deere World Headquarters is a complex of four buildings located on of land at One John Deere Place, Moline, Illinois, United States. The complex serves as corporate headquarters for agricultural heavy equipment company John Deere. H ...
West Office Building, Moline, IL * 1979 –
Denver Performing Arts Complex The Denver Performing Arts Complex (also referred to as the "Arts Complex") in Denver, Colorado, is one of the largest performing arts centers in the United States. The DCPA is a four-block, site containing ten performance spaces with over 10 ...
, Denver, CO * 1982 – One Summit Square, Fort Wayne, IN * 1982 – The Corporate Center, Danbury, CT * 1982 – Moudy Visual Arts and Communication Building,
Texas Christian University Texas Christian University (TCU) is a private university, private research university in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. It was established in 1873 by brothers Addison Clark, Addison and Randolph Clark as the AddRan Male & Female College. It i ...
, Fort Worth, TX * 1983 – Two United Nations Plaza and ONE UN New York Hotel, New York, NY * 1983 – General Foods Corporate Headquarters, Ryebrook, NY * 1985 – Cummins Corporate Office Building, Columbus, IN * 1985 – DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum, Williamsburg, VA * 1986 –
Conoco Conoco ( ), formerly known as Continental Oil, is an American Petroleum industry, petroleum brand that is operating under the current ownership of the Phillips 66 Company since 2012 and is headquartered in the Westchase, Houston, Westchase neigh ...
Inc. Petroleum Headquarters, Houston, TX *1987 - Three United Nations Plaza New York, New York (
UNICEF UNICEF ( ), originally the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, officially United Nations Children's Fund since 1953, is an agency of the United Nations responsible for providing Humanitarianism, humanitarian and Development a ...
Headquarters) * 1988 –
Central Park Zoo The Central Park Zoo is a zoo located at the southeast corner of Central Park in New York City. It is part of an integrated system of four zoos and one aquarium managed by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). In conjunction with the Centra ...
, New York, NY * 1988 –
Bouygues Bouygues S.A. () is a French engineering group headquartered in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. Bouygues is listed on the Euronext, Euronext Paris exchange and is a blue chip (stock market), blue chip in the ...
World Headquarters, Saint-Quentin-Yvelines, France * 1989 – Leo Burnett Building Company Headquarters, Chicago, IL * 1990 – 750 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY * 1990 – Metropolitano Office Building, Madrid, Spain * 1992 – J.P. Morgan Tower, New York, NY * 1993 –
Corning Incorporated Corning Incorporated is an American multinational technology company specializing in glass, ceramics, and related materials and technologies including advanced optics, primarily for industrial and scientific applications. The company was name ...
Corporate Headquarters, Corning, NY * 1993 – Merck & Co. Inc.
Headquarters Headquarters (often referred to as HQ) notes the location where most or all of the important functions of an organization are coordinated. The term is used in a wide variety of situations, including private sector corporations, non-profits, mil ...
, Whitehouse Station, NJ * 1993 –
Bank of America Plaza (Atlanta) Bank of America Plaza (colloquially called the pencil building) is a supertall skyscraper between Midtown Atlanta and Downtown Atlanta. At , the tower is the 23rd tallest building in the United States, the tallest building in the Southeaste ...
GA * 1993 –
Borland Borland Software Corporation was a computing technology company founded in 1983 by Niels Jensen, Ole Henriksen, Mogens Glad, and Philippe Kahn. Its main business was developing and selling software development and software deployment products. B ...
International Corporate Headquarters, Scotts Valley, CA * 1993 – Tanjong and Binariang Headquarters/ Menara Maxis, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia * 1994 – Pontiac Marina
Millenia Tower Millenia Tower is a , 41-storey skyscraper at Marina Centre in Singapore next to Promenade MRT station. The building is located in Millenia Singapore, and is the centrepiece of the development, less than 20 minutes from Singapore Changi Airpor ...
and The Ritz-Carlton Millenia Singapore * 1995 –
Dai-ichi Life , or Dai-ichi Life for short, is the third-largest life insurer in Japan by revenue, behind Japan Post Insurance and Nippon Life. Founded on September 15, 1902, Dai-Ichi was one of the oldest mutual insurance companies in Japan until a motion to ...
Headquarters/ Norinchukin Bank Headquarters,
DN Tower 21 DN Tower 21"D" stands for Dai-ichi Life, Dai-ichi Life and "N" stands for the Norinchukin Bank, Norinchukin Bank is an office building in Tokyo, Japan. It includes the former Dai-ichi Life, Dai-Ichi Seimei Building, in which Douglas MacArthur ha ...
, Tokyo, Japan * 1997 – Zesiger Sports and Fitness Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA * 1997 – Shiodome City Center, Tokyo, Japan * 1997 – Helen and Martin Kimmel Center for University Life/
Skirball Center for the Performing Arts The Jack H. Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, generally known as NYU Skirball, is an 850-seat theater at 566 LaGuardia Place in Manhattan, New York, owned by New York University. It was named after philanthropist Jack H. Skirball. The ...
,
New York University New York University (NYU) is a private university, private research university in New York City, New York, United States. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded in 1832 by Albert Gallatin as a Nondenominational ...
, New York, NY * 1997 –
Lucent Lucent Technologies, Inc. was an American multinational telecommunications equipment company headquartered in Murray Hill, New Jersey. It was established on September 30, 1996, through the divestiture of the former AT&T Technologies busines ...
Technologies, Lisle, IL/Naperville, IL * 2000 – Ciudad
Grupo Santander Banco Santander S.A. trading as Santander Group ( , , ), is a Spanish multinational financial services company based in Santander, with operative offices in Madrid. Additionally, Santander maintains a presence in most global financial centres ...
, Madrid, Spain * 2001 –
Securities and Exchange Commission The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government, created in the aftermath of the Wall Street crash of 1929. Its primary purpose is to enforce laws against market m ...
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. * 2002 –
Bouygues Bouygues S.A. () is a French engineering group headquartered in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. Bouygues is listed on the Euronext, Euronext Paris exchange and is a blue chip (stock market), blue chip in the ...
S.A. Holding Company Headquarters, Paris, France * 2003 – 1101 New York Avenue, Washington, D.C. * 2005 – Lafayette Tower, Washington, D.C. * 2009 – David S. Ingalls Rink Restoration and Addition, Yale University, New Haven, CT * 2010 –
Convention Centre Dublin The Convention Centre Dublin () is a convention centre in the Dublin Docklands, Ireland. The Convention centre overlooks the River Liffey at Spencer Dock. It was designed by the Irish-born American architect Kevin Roche. Construction started i ...
, Dublin, Ireland (2010) * 2011 – New Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art, colloquially referred to as the Met, is an Encyclopedic museum, encyclopedic art museum in New York City. By floor area, it is the List of largest museums, third-largest museum in the world and the List of larg ...
* 2012 – American Painting Galleries in the American Wing at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art, colloquially referred to as the Met, is an Encyclopedic museum, encyclopedic art museum in New York City. By floor area, it is the List of largest museums, third-largest museum in the world and the List of larg ...
* 2014 – Renovations to United Nations Development Corporation * 2018 – 200/250 Massachusetts Ave
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* 2020 – Expansion at
Museum of Jewish Heritage The Museum of Jewish Heritage, located on Edmond J. Safra Plaza in Battery Park City in Manhattan, New York City, is a historical museum and a memorial to those murdered in The Holocaust. The museum has received more than two million visitors ...


References


External links

* Firm Website
Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates LLC
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