Roche papers come to Yale
Architect Kevin Roche, of the firm Kevin Roche John
Dinkeloo and Associates, is transferring his archives and drawings to Sterling
Library. Roche, an award-winning architect (recipient of the 1982 Pritzker
Prize, among others), worked very closely with Eero Saarinen ’34BArch in the
1950s; after Saarinen's death in 1961, Roche completed 12 of Saarinen's major
projects, including the St. Louis Gateway Arch, the TWA Terminal at JFK
Airport, and CBS headquarters in New York City. In New Haven, Roche is perhaps best
known for designing the Richard C. Lee High School (now the Yale School of
Nursing), the Knights of Columbus tower, and the New Haven Coliseum (which was
demolished in 2007). Assistant Professor Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen is teaching
seminars and organizing a symposium around Roche's archive, which will
culminate in an exhibition in 2011.
Scholars discuss university architecture
A symposium jointly sponsored by the School of
Architecture and the College's history of art department brought together
academicians, architectural historians, and practicing architects to consider
university architecture from a variety of perspectives. "Building the
Future: The University as Architectural Patron" took place at the
University Art Gallery, January 25 and 26. Among the topics discussed were
"What is a great university building?" "What is the university's
role as a patron of architecture?" "How do university buildings
contribute to the production of knowledge?" and "How does great university
architecture get made?" Speakers included the deans of several schools of
architecture and the chairs of several history of art departments; the keynote
speaker was David Brownlee, Shapiro-Weitzenhoffer Professor and chair of the
history of art department at the University of Pennsylvania.
Book series will focus on Kahn professors
A series of books published by the School of
Architecture features the work of young practicing architects who have come to
the school for a semester as Louis I. Kahn assistant visiting professors. The
Kahn assistant professorships program began in 2005 to provide an opportunity
for emerging leaders in the field to teach an advanced studio and seminar of
their choice. The first book in the series, Layered Urbanisms, features three Kahn professors --
Gregg Pasquarelli, Mario Gooden, and Galia Solomonoff -- and includes
interviews, highlights of their work, and a look at the design projects and
research carried out in the Yale studio. It became available in April.
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