Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates records
Scope and Contents
The papers are comprised of drawings, photographs, correspondence, specifications, and publicity materials generated by Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates in the process of designing buildings, both built and unbuilt. Major projects include the New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, the Oakland Museum, the Knights of Columbus Headquarters in New Haven, Connecticut, and several projects in New York City, including the Ford Foundation Headquarters, the United Nations Plaza, and the Central Park Zoo. The 2012-M-042 addition to the papers consist of interviews conducted by Susan O'Keefe with Kevin Roche and others, notes and bibliographic index cards.
Dates
- 1964-2010
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Original audiovisual materials, as well as preservation and duplicating masters, may not be played. Researchers must consult use copies, or if none exist must pay for a use copy, which is retained by the repository. Researchers wishing to obtain an additional copy for their personal use should consult Copying Services information on the Manuscripts and Archives web site.
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright interests in the collection materials held by Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates have been transferred by the donor to Yale University. Nonetheless, the collection materials may contain content owned by third-party copyright holders. Determination of the copyright status of specific material may require extensive research and it is the responsibility of researchers and others intending to use the materials to secure permission of the appropriate copyright holder(s). All other uses not requiring permission of third-party copyright holders are permitted only in accordance with the restrictions and requirements specified herein.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Kevin Roche, 2007-2013, 2015-2016, and 2018-2022; Will Miller, 2010; Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, 2011, ASSA ABLOY, 2011.
Arrangement
The papers are arranged by job number. Please consult the project index to access individual boxes. The addition is arranged by topic.
Extent
1192.25 Linear Feet (1674 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
The papers are comprised of drawings, photographs, correspondence, specifications, and publicity materials generated by Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates in the process of designing buildings, both built and unbuilt. Major projects include the New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, the Oakland Museum, the Knights of Columbus Headquarters in New Haven, Connecticut, and several projects in New York City, including the Ford Foundation Headquarters, the United Nations Plaza, and the Central Park Zoo. Also included are interviews conducted by Susan O'Keefe with Kevin Roche and others, notes and bibliographic index cards.
Biographical / Historical
Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates in Hamden, Connecticut was a direct outgrowth of Eero Saarinen and Associates, which was originally established in 1950. When Eero Saarinen died in September 1961, the practice was taken over by Kevin Roche and John Dinkeloo with Kevin Roche resolving the remaining design issues of the twelve major projects on which Mr. Saarinen had been working at the time of his death. These included the Dulles International Airport, the St. Louis Gateway Arch, the CBS Headquarters and the TWA building in New York. In 1966 the firm became Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates (KRJDA).
KRJDA completed over 200 projects throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. Kevin Roche, recipient of the Pritzker Prize in 1982, designed a variety of institutional and corporate projects including 38 corporate headquarters, three hotel/apartment buildings, eight museums, numerous research facilities, theaters, schools, factories, performing arts centers, houses and the Central Park Zoo in New York. From 1967 to 2015, he was the architect for the master plan and expansion of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, designing all of its new wings and installing many of its collections. Source: Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates.
More information on the firm can be found at www.krjda.com
Other Finding Aids
For a list of projects and the boxes in which project materials are located, please consult the Project Index.
List of projects in collection
| Project Number | Project Name/Client/Title |
|---|---|
| 6601 | Aetna Life and Casualty Computer Headquarters |
| 6309 | Air Force Museum |
| 9911 | Banco Santander Central Hispano "Ciudad Grupo Santander" |
| 8302 | Bouygues World Headquarters |
| 8001 | Central Park Zoo |
| 6804 | Church Street Plaza |
| 6703 | College Life Insurance Company of America Headquarters |
| 6010 | Columbia Broadcasting System Headquarters |
| 6305 | Concordia Senior College |
| 7904 | Conoco Inc. Petroleum Headquarters |
| 9408 | Cummins / Fleetguard Filter Company Ltd |
| 6311, 6316, 7802 | Cummins Engine Company, Components Plant, Darlington |
| 7709 | Cummins Engine Company, Headquarters |
| 7003, 9102 | Cummins Engine Company, Sub-Assembly Plant, Walesboro |
| 9403 | Cummins Engine Company, Columbus Engine Plant |
| 6512 | Cummins Modification Facility |
| 9402 | Cummins/Tata Cummins Private LImited, Jamshedpur, India |
| 7501 | Deere and Company Headquarters - West Office Building |
| 6402 | Deere and Company Administrative Center |
| 8105 | Denver Block I Development |
| 8004 | EF Hutton - 51 West 52nd Street, New York |
| 7701 | Exxon Chemical Company Headquarters |
| 6902 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York |
| 7203 | Fiat World Headquarters |
| 6312 | Ford Foundation Headquarters |
| 7704 | General Foods Corporation Headquarters |
| 6605x01 | Harlem River - Turtle Bay |
| 6903 | IBM Computer Technology Museum |
| 6106 | IBM Pavilion - NY World's Fair 1964-1965 |
| 6905 | IBM Radio Tracer Laboratory |
| 6701 | Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University |
| 6604 | International Institute for the Study of Human Reproduction, Columbia University |
| 6606 | Irwin Union Bank and Trust Company |
| 79-- | Jefferson National Expansion Memorial |
| 8101 | John Deere Computer Center |
| 7908 | John Deere Educational Center |
| 7803 | John Deere Financial Services Headquarters |
| 7302 | Kentucky Power Company Headquarters |
| No# | Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates 1962-1975 [Book by Yukio Futagawa] |
| 6502 | Knights of Columbus Headquarters |
| 6704 | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| 8002 | Metropolitan Museum of Art, Lila Acheson Wallace Wing for 20th Century Art (Southwest Wing) |
| 0015 | Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education, Phase I and II |
| 8402 | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New Japanese Galleries |
| 9301 | Metropolitan Museum of Art, Later Chinese Galleries |
| 6704x55 | Metropolitan Museum of Art, Andre Meyer Galleries |
| 9206 9313 0016 | Metropolitan Museum of Art, Greek and Roman Courtyard, Greek and Roman, Greek & Roman Wing Phase IV |
| 6704x01 | Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Wing |
| 6704x03 | Metropolitan Museum of Art, Temple of Dendur in the Sackler Wing |
| 6704x09 6704x39 | Metropolitan Museum of Art, Egyptian Wing, Phase I, II and III |
| 6704x15 | Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Wing with the Charles Engelhard Court |
| 7705 | Metropolitan Museum of Art, Astor Court |
| 8502 | Metropolitan Museum of Art, European Sculpture and Decorative Arts Wing & the Carroll & Milton Petrie European Sculpt Ct |
| 6704x10 | Metropolitan Museum of Art, Michael C. Rockefeller Wing for the Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas |
| 9007 | Millenia Singapore Office Buildings & Hotel |
| 7903 | Miller, J. Irwin and Xenia S. Residence |
| 6406 | National Center for Higher Education |
| 6603 | National Fisheries Center and Aquarium |
| 6211 | Neiman-Marcus Department Store |
| 6509 | New Haven Coliseum |
| 79-- | New York Historical Society |
| 6104 | Oakland Museum |
| 1968 | Orangery (Irwin Miller Pavilion) |
| 7201 | People's Bank, Indiana and Michigan Electric Company, Fort Wayne, Indiana |
| 1971 | Philadelphia Bicentennial |
| 6508 | Power Center for the Performing Arts, University of Michigan |
| 6602 | Resident College, Vassar College |
| 6202 | Richard C. Lee High School |
| 7006 | Richardson-Vicks, Inc. Headquarters |
| 6214 | Rochester Institute of Technology |
| 7101 | Royal Bank of Canada, Office Complex Proposal |
| 7602 | Texas Christian University, Moudy Visual Arts & Communications Building |
| 6307 | Trans World Airlines |
| 7605 | Union Carbide Corporation World Headquarters |
| 6904 | United Nations Development Corporation, United Nations Plaza Office and Apartment/Hotel Phase I |
| 6510 | United States Post Office |
| 7707 | United States Embassy London |
| 5504 | University of Chicago, Women's Residence Hall |
| 5504 6511 7303 | University of Chicago, Law School |
| 6401 | University of Massachusetts, Fine Arts Center |
| 6513 | Wesleyan University, Creative Arts Center |
| 6313 | Women's Resident Colleges, University of Pennsylvania |
| 7005 | Worcester County National Bank (7005 final design / 6802 original design) |
- Title
- Guide to the Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates Records
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- Compiled by Linda Scinto, Laura Tatum, Jessica Quagliaroli, and staff of Manuscripts and Archives
- Date
- July 2009
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- May 2022: Finding aid revision description not supplied.
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