American architect Kevin Roche, recipient of the Pritzker Prize, has died

New York – At the age of 96, the American architect of Irish descent Kevin Roche has died, who designed over 200 buildings worldwide and was awarded the Pritzker Prize, often referred to as the Nobel Prize for architecture. This was reported by the AP agency late last night.

A spokesperson for the architect's firm stated that Roche passed away on Friday of natural causes at his home in Guilford, Connecticut.

Roche was involved in the design of several award-winning buildings. In New York, these include the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Jewish Heritage, the TWA Flight Center at Kennedy Airport, and the headquarters of the Ford Foundation. He also designed the Central Park Zoo in New York City.

Roche was also involved in the designs of the city's landmark in St. Louis, the famous Gateway Arch along the Missouri River. In his native Ireland, he created the Convention Centre in Dublin.

The holder of the Pritzker Prize from 1982 studied with the famous architect Mies van der Rohe and collaborated, among others, with Finnish-American colleague Eero Saarinen.