- Born
- Died
- Birth nameEamonn Kevin Roche
- Kevin Roche was born on June 14, 1922 in Dublin, Ireland. He was married to Jane Clair Tuohy. He died on March 1, 2019 in Guilford, Connecticut, USA.
- SpouseJane Clair Tuohy(June 1963 - March 1, 2019) (his death, 5 children)
- He moved to the United States in 1948 and became a protege of Eero Saarinen, the Finnish American architect. He was Saarinen's principal design associate for several years. After Saarinen's death in 1961, Roche and colleague John Dinkeloo supervised the completion of their mentor's unfinished work, including Dulles International Airport, the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, and the T.W.A. terminal at Kennedy International Airport in New York.
- He spent four decades adding on new galleries to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
- He was awarded the Pritzker Prize in 1982.
- He grew up in County Cork, Ireland. His father was a cheesemaker. Roche attended University College Dublin, which had Ireland's only architectural school at the time.
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content
