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Rafael Viñoly
Rafael Viñoly
[Rafael Viñoly Beceiro]
* Montevideo, Uruguay, 1 June 1944
+ New York (NY), United States, 3 March 2023
nationality: american
Rafael Viñoly Architects PC
www.vinoly.com
info@rvapc.com
50 Vandam Street
NY 10013 New York - United States
Tel: +1.212.924.50.60 - Fax: +1.212.924.58.58
2-4 Exmoor St
W10 6BD London - United Kingdom
Tel: +44.20.82.06.62.00 - Fax: +44.20.82.06.62.01
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
 
 
Rafael Viñoly’s forty-five years of architectural practice in the United States, Latin America, Europe, and Asia have been consistently driven by the belief that the essential responsibility of architecture is to elevate the public realm. As in his much-publicized proposal for the World Trade Center site, his deepest focus has been on maximizing the opportunity for civic investment generated by every construction project.

Viñoly was born in Uruguay in 1944, and, by the age of twenty, he was a founding partner of Estudio de Arquitectura, which would become one of the largest design studios in Latin America. His celebrated early work transformed the landscape of Argentina, where this practice was based. In 1978, Viñoly moved to the United States. After briefly serving as a guest lecturer at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, he settled in New York in 1979.

In 1983, Viñoly founded Rafael Viñoly Architects PC, a New York-based firm with affiliate offices in London and Los Angeles. Through this highly developed entity, Viñoly has completed many critically acclaimed civic projects as well as private and institutional commissions. His first major New York project was the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, completed in 1988. In 1989, he won an open international competition to design the Tokyo International Forum, the largest and most important cultural complex in Japan. Completed in 1996, this design secured Viñoly’s reputation as an architect of great imagination and immense professional rigor with a proven capacity to create beloved civic and cultural spaces. The 2001 opening of the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia marked a similar success in the United States. The building prompted other seminal commissions including Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York, the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, and the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, iconic civic gathering spaces in their respective cities.
AWARDS
 
2007
Design Honor
Salvadori Center
2006
International Fellow
The Royal Institute of British Architects
1997
Honorary Doctorate
University of Maryland
1995
Medal of Honor
American Institute of Architects
New York City Chapter
1994
National Academician
The National Academy
BUILDINGS
 
2005 - 2009
United States » Las Vegas
2008
United States » New York - Brooklyn
2000
South Korea [Taehan Min'guk] » Seoul
1997 - 1998
United States » Princeton
1997
Japan [Nihon/Nippon] » Tōkyō
1987
United States » New York - Manhattan
1982 - 1984
United States » New York - Manhattan
1978
Argentina » Mendoza
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
 
WRITINGS
BY THE ARCHITECT
Rafael Viñoly, "Museo per bambini verdi", Il giornale dell'architettura 52, giugno 2007, p. 6 (pp. 4-6)
Rafael Viñoly, Rafael Viñoly Architects, Rafael Viñoly, Princeton Architectural Press, New York 2002
"Palmer Stadium. Princeton", Casabella 673/674, dicembre 1999-gennaio 2000/december 1999-january 2000 [USA, architettura come spettacolo], pp. 75-79
Rafael Viñoly, "Dalla relazione di progetto", Casabella 673/674, dicembre 1999-gennaio 2000/december 1999-january 2000 [USA, architettura come spettacolo], p. 75 (75-79)
Rafael Viñoly, "Lo spazio simbolico/The Tokyo International Forum", L'Arca 79, febbraio/february 1994, [Oltre il muro/Beyond the wall], pp. 50-59
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INTERVIEWS
 
 
Lucy Bullivant, "Intervista a/Interview with Rafael Viñoly", The Plan 26, maggio/may 2008, "Point of view" pp. 56-59 (51-66)
CREDITS
 
 
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