Roche Dinkeloo, otherwise known as Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates LLC (KRJDA), was an architectural firm based in Hamden, Connecticut. It was created in 1966, succeeding Eero Saarinen & Associates. In 2020, it relocated to New Haven, Connecticut, and took the name Roche Modern.

About The principal designers were 1982 Pritzker Prize laureate Kevin Roche (June 1922 – 2019), with John Dinkeloo—a graduate of the University of Michigan—as the expert in construction and technology. Both had previously worked for Eero Saarinen's architecture firm, Eero Saarinen & Associates. Saarinen, who died in 1961, had wanted his architectural practice to be renamed no later than five years after his death. Accordingly, in 1966, Saarinen & Associates was rebranded as Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates. 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, Connecticut.

Roche and Dinkeloo both previously worked with Eero Saarinen. 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. The firm also built in postmodern and historicist 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, Roche received the Pritzker Prize and in 1993, he received the AIA Gold Medal. In 2015, he received the George Malcolm White Award from the American Architectural Foundation. Roche has been referred to as the "first [architect] to 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, seven research laboratories, conference and performing arts centers, theaters, and campus buildings for six separate universities. KRJDA maintained its office in Hamden, Connecticut.

Film

A feature documentary about Kevin Roche and his work, called Kevin Roche: The Quiet Architect, was released in 2017. It was directed by Irish filmmaker (ex-architecture student) Mark Noonan, whose 2015 debut feature You're Ugly Too starred Aidan Gillen and was met with critical acclaim.

Notable buildings 1968 – The Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice, New York City 1969 – Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, California 1969 – Administration, Student Union & Physical Education Buildings, RIT, Rochester, New York 1969 – The Knights of Columbus Building Headquarters, New Haven, Connecticut 1969 – United States Post Office, Columbus, Indiana 1969 – Aetna Life and Casualty Company Computer Headquarters, Hartford, Connecticut 1971 – Power Center for the Performing Arts, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 1973 – Center for the Arts, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut 1974 – Fine Arts Center, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 1974 – The Pyramids (Indianapolis) College Life Insurance Company of America Headquarters, Indianapolis 1974 – Worcester Plaza, Worcester, Massachusetts 1975 – One United Nations Plaza and ONE UN New York Hotel, New York City 1978 – John Deere World Headquarters West Office Building, Moline, Illinois 1979 – Denver Performing Arts Complex, Denver 1982 – One Summit Square, Fort Wayne, Indiana 1982 – The Corporate Center, Danbury, Connecticut 1982 – Moudy Visual Arts and Communication Building, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas 1983 – Two United Nations Plaza and ONE UN New York Hotel, New York City 1983 – General Foods Corporate Headquarters, Ryebrook, New York 1985 – Cummins Corporate Office Building, Columbus, Indiana 1985 – DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum, Williamsburg, Virginia 1986 – Conoco Inc. Petroleum Headquarters, Houston 1987 - Three United Nations Plaza New York City (UNICEF Headquarters) 1988 – Central Park Zoo, New York City 1988 – Bouygues World Headquarters, Saint-Quentin-Yvelines, France 1989 – Leo Burnett Building Company Headquarters, Chicago 1990 – 750 Seventh Avenue, New York City 1990 – Metropolitano Office Building, Madrid 1992 – J.P. Morgan Tower, New York City 1993 – Corning Incorporated Corporate Headquarters, Corning, New York 1993 – Merck & Co. Inc. Headquarters, Whitehouse Station, New Jersey 1993 – Bank of America Plaza, Atlanta 1993 – Borland International Corporate Headquarters, Scotts Valley, California 1993 – Tanjong and Binariang Headquarters/Menara Maxis, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1994 – Pontiac Marina Millenia Tower and The Ritz-Carlton Millenia Singapore 1995 – Dai-ichi Life Headquarters/ Norinchukin Bank Headquarters, DN Tower 21, Tokyo 1997 – Zesiger Sports and Fitness Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 1997 – Shiodome City Center, Tokyo 1997 – Helen and Martin Kimmel Center for University Life/ Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, New York University, New York City 1997 – Lucent Technologies, Lisle and Naperville, Illinois 2000 – Ciudad Grupo Santander, Madrid 2001 – Securities and Exchange Commission Headquarters, Washington, D.C. 2002 – Bouygues S.A. Holding Company Headquarters, Paris 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, Connecticut 2010 – Convention Centre Dublin (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 2012 – American Painting Galleries in the American Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 2014 – Renovations to United Nations Development Corporation 2018 – 200/250 Massachusetts Ave Capitol Crossing 2020 – Expansion at Museum of Jewish Heritage 2022 – Renovation and finish of Plaza Pilin

References

External links Firm Archive: Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates LLC Firm Website: Roche Modern