Thursday, May 27, 2010

10.369 KEVIN ROCHE

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  1. IRISH-AMERICAN ARCHITECT. HE IS FAMOUS FOR HIS CREATIVE WORK WITH GLASS. LEFT IRELAND IN 1948 TO STUDY UNDER LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE. HE WAS RECRUITED IN 1950 BY EERO SAARINEN AND JOINED THE FIRM OF SAARINEN, IN 1954. ROCHE COMPLETED 12 MAJOR UNFINISHED SAARINEN PROJECTS. HIS FIRST MAJOR COMMISSION WAS THE OAKLAND MUSEUM OF CALIFORNIA, WITH A DESIGN FEATURING INTERRELATED TERRACES AND ROOF GARDENS. ROCHE RECEIVED THE PRITZKER PRIZE IN 1982.

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