In the past 20 years, roach has presided over 51 major projects
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Talking about his latest design: General Foods headquarters (New York), Roach said: “it’s not postmodern or pre modern, it’s just a simple and obvious design
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His architectural works are all over the world, including: Auckland Museum (1961), IBM Pavilion of New York World Expo (1961), Ford Foundation headquarters (1963), freemasonry (the order of Columbus) insurance company headquarters (1965), American National Aquarium and fishery Exhibition Center (1966), corporate life insurance company headquarters (1967) ）, little orange room (1968), United carbide world headquarters (1976), Holocaust Jewish Memorial (1993), Irish National Convention Center (1997), etc
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At first, architecture exists as people’s living quarters
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Before we fully understand the essence of architecture, we can not arbitrarily classify it as a certain kind of art, and too much talk about art will also be dangerous to confuse it with popular fashion
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As early as 10 years ago, wolfvonneckardt commented on roach and dinklu in horizon magazine: “the architectural art they led did not pursue formalization and futurism, but focused on making the cities of our time more livable and attractive.” Engels once pointed out, “we rule the nature, not like conquering and ruling the alien people, not like standing outside the nature
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It criticized the problems caused by the rapid industrialization, especially the design problems
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These energy wasting materials are outdated, old and disgusting
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Indeed, I recall that I did nothing to prevent a nuclear war that day
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It’s exciting and helpful
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In contemporary architect magazine, C
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With the advent of the industrial revolution, the increase of building materials and the improvement of building technology, the decorative properties of architecture are becoming more and more important, and the relationship between architecture and nature is increasingly opposite
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Design is born according to the need, it provides a very suitable environment for workers
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Out of human nature, I immediately want to defend myself, but doesn’t a building represent confidence and hope for the future? Don’t we want to convey the fruits of our civilization to others? Do we not only hope that what we are doing is holy, useful and beautiful, but also hope that it clearly expresses our own desire? We also hope that this is an art that can communicate with the future and influence people in the future, just as we are deeply influenced and moved by the past
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It is an important center of economic activity
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Architectural art is the mark that we leave to history and the art that we can’t make a conclusion in this era
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The emergence of art is difficult, it comes from the deep thinking of the essence of things, rather than simple acceptance or praise
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Let me just give you a random example, so that you may be able to share happiness with me
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Architecture plays an important role in the living environment
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The spacious atrium is up to 12 stories high
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In addition, he called roach and DINK Road: “among the contemporary American architects who own government, education and business institutions, they are the most bold and innovative.” Roach firmly believes that architects should not fall into rigid design framework
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This is a letter from a woman in New Mexico
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In the second half of the 19th century, the arts and crafts movement originated in England
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We can only do our best
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His works did not fall into the rigid design framework “
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I have read those praising reports: perceptual public space and exploring elegant art, etc., but for people like me who deeply love the motherland and art, it makes me even more angry, because this award is bound to affect the teaching of the school of architecture, and at the same time, it will encourage such design that should have gone to the grave
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He refused to be labeled or classified
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After an in-depth study of the origin of the area, the history and future development of the city, Kevin roach came up with the idea that museums on the base should play a more active role than ordinary museums
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It believed that industrialization ignored the inevitable law of social development, and should adopt an appropriate way of development, emphasizing the symbiotic relationship between architecture and nature, so as to promote the coordinated development of the two
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It’s easy to forget that we design for people who have to see and use the building; we also forget that these people are independent individuals with different needs and tastes, rather than simple “masses”.
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When constructing buildings, we should attach great importance to the symbiotic relationship between architecture and nature
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On the contrary, we, together with our flesh, blood and brain, belong to and exist in the nature…” All things in the world have their own development rules
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Design philosophy: Kevin Roach’s Pulitzer Prize speech today, the reputation (perhaps infamous) brings a lot of letters
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In 1961, the roof garden of the Auckland Museum was Kevin’s first attempt at greening architecture
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“I think the members of the Pulitzer committee must have gone mad: in 1982, they presented a prize to an architect who designed with glass, stone and steel
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His design concept mainly emphasizes the symbiotic relationship between architecture and nature, and emphasizes that architecture is a part of nature
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Kevin Lodge 1922-20191979-2020 Pritzker Architecture Award winner Kevin Lodge (1922-2019), an American from Ireland, is one of the most famous architects in America in the 1960s
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Architecture is the product of human understanding and transformation of the world
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Douglas Dillon, curator of the mesopolitan Art Museum, said: “the addition project they designed for the museum is a perfect work of art and a manifestation of their genius.” One of Roach’s most acclaimed designs is the Ford Foundation Building (New York)
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We can find in Kevin Roach’s architectural works that he attaches great importance to the symbiotic relationship between architecture and nature – providing green public space
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He also won numerous awards: in 1968, he won the California government outstanding design award and the New York state government outstanding design award; in 1974, he won the “architectural company award” of the American Association of architects; in 1976, he won the “full design award” of the American Association of designers and the “gold medal” of the French Academy of architecture; in 1982, he won the Pritzker Architecture Award
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In an interview with AIA, C
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I think it will be recognized by the public
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Paul Goldberger, an architectural critic of the New York Times, described roach as “the most creative glass architect of the 20th century” and “a remarkable innovative designer” in Travel & Leisure magazine
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” All of this was in a big envelope with the headline in bold: what did you do today to prevent a nuclear war
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Smith commented on roach as follows: “he demonstrated the method of special design according to specific situations, so his design works show unique personality and diverse styles.”
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The building is made of glass, rusty steel and warm brown marble
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