Eamonn Kevin Roche
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Eamonn Kevin Roche, known professionally as Kevin Roche, was a prominent Irish-American architect celebrated for his innovative modernist designs and influential large-scale public and corporate projects.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Eamonn Kevin Roche canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5506578 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eamonn Kevin Roche Context triple: [Kevin Roche, birthName, Eamonn Kevin Roche]
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A.
Brian Ronan
Brian Ronan is a Tony Award–winning Broadway sound designer known for his work on numerous high-profile musicals and plays.
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B.
Bernard Feilden
Bernard Feilden was a prominent British conservation architect renowned for his influential work on the preservation and restoration of historic buildings and monuments.
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C.
Frederick Gibberd
Frederick Gibberd was a prominent 20th-century British architect and town planner known for his modernist designs and influential post-war urban planning projects.
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D.
Basil Spence
Basil Spence was a prominent 20th-century British architect best known for his modernist designs and major postwar reconstruction projects in the United Kingdom.
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E.
Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp
Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp is an Australian architecture firm known for its award-winning public and cultural buildings, including major gallery and museum projects.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eamonn Kevin Roche Target entity description: Eamonn Kevin Roche, known professionally as Kevin Roche, was a prominent Irish-American architect celebrated for his innovative modernist designs and influential large-scale public and corporate projects.
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A.
Brian Ronan
Brian Ronan is a Tony Award–winning Broadway sound designer known for his work on numerous high-profile musicals and plays.
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B.
Bernard Feilden
Bernard Feilden was a prominent British conservation architect renowned for his influential work on the preservation and restoration of historic buildings and monuments.
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C.
Frederick Gibberd
Frederick Gibberd was a prominent 20th-century British architect and town planner known for his modernist designs and influential post-war urban planning projects.
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D.
Basil Spence
Basil Spence was a prominent 20th-century British architect best known for his modernist designs and major postwar reconstruction projects in the United Kingdom.
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E.
Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp
Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp is an Australian architecture firm known for its award-winning public and cultural buildings, including major gallery and museum projects.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Irish-American architect
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architect ⓘ human ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Kevin Roche NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
AIA Gold Medal
NERFINISHED
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American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal for Architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Praemium Imperiale (Architecture) NERFINISHED ⓘ Pritzker Architecture Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ RIBA Gold Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland Gold Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Ireland
NERFINISHED
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United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1922-06-14 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2019-03-01 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Illinois Institute of Technology
NERFINISHED
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University College Dublin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Eero Saarinen and Associates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Roche NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | architecture ⓘ |
| founded | Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
corporate architecture
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large-scale public buildings ⓘ |
| givenName |
Eamonn
NERFINISHED
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Kevin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Eero Saarinen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement |
Modernism
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Modernist architecture ⓘ |
| name | Eamonn Kevin Roche NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality |
American
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Irish ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Boulevard Towers, New York
NERFINISHED
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College Life Insurance Company Headquarters, Indianapolis NERFINISHED ⓘ Ford Foundation Building NERFINISHED ⓘ Knights of Columbus Building, New Haven NERFINISHED ⓘ Metropolitan Museum of Art expansion ⓘ Oakland Museum of California NERFINISHED ⓘ One United Nations Plaza NERFINISHED ⓘ UNICEF House, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 5 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Dublin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Guilford, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | partner at Eero Saarinen and Associates ⓘ |
| residence |
Hamden, Connecticut
NERFINISHED
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New Haven, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Jane Roche NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation |
New Haven, Connecticut
NERFINISHED
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New York City ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Eamonn Kevin Roche Description of subject: Eamonn Kevin Roche, known professionally as Kevin Roche, was a prominent Irish-American architect celebrated for his innovative modernist designs and influential large-scale public and corporate projects.
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