Rafael Vinoly Architect : Architecture Information

Rafael Viñoly, FAIA, JIA, SCA, Int FRIBA Principal / Lead Designer Rafael Viñoly Architects PC Rafael Viñoly’s forty-five years of architectural practice in the United States, Latin America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East have been consistently driven by his dedication to deliver designs of cultural and social meaning. 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 fi rm that has grown to encompass offices in London, Los Angeles and the Middle East. 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, which was 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 opening of the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia in 2001 marked a similar success in the United States. The building prompted other seminal commissions including Jazz at Lincoln Center (New York), the David L. Lawrence Convention Center (Pittsburgh), and the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, all of which resulted in iconic civic gathering spaces in their respective cities. Viñoly’s work is marked by a sustained structural originality that transcends the passing fads of architectural movements. At home with both large- and small-scale projects, his recent work ranges from university buildings such as the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University, to leading-edge biomedical and nanosystems research facilities such as the University of California, Los Angeles, California NanoSystems Institute; the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Janelia Farm Research Campus in Virginia; and the John Edward Porter Neuroscience Research Center at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. His work also encompasses courthouses, private residences, athletic facilities, and additional performing arts venues such as Curve, a theater and performing arts center in Leicester, England. In addition to his professional dedication and his many successes in competitions Viñoly’s work has been recognized in the world’s leading design publications and by numerous awards. Viñoly became a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects in 1993 and is a member of the Japan Institute of Architects. In 2006, he was named an International Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects. He lectures widely. Rafael Viñoly : mainpage with project links + images Education University of Buenos Aires School of Architecture and Urbanism, Master of Architecture, 1969 University of Buenos Aires, Diploma in Architecture, 1968 Professional Affiliations American Institute of Architects Japan Institute of Architects The National Academy The Royal Institute of British Architects Sociedad Central de Arquitectos, Argentina Registered in: Argentina, Japan, New York Guest Lecturer/Studio Critic Columbia University Harvard University Graduate School of Design Massachusetts Institute of Technology Rhode Island School of Design Southern California Institute of Architecture University of Buenos Aires University of Pennsylvania Washington University Yale University and many other institutions worldwide Honors and Awards Design Honor, Salvadori Center, 2007 International Fellow, The Royal Institute of British Architects, 2006 National Design Award Finalist, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, 2004 Honorary Doctorate, University of Maryland, 1997 Medal of Honor, American Institute of Architects, New York City Chapter, 1995 National Academician, The National Academy, 1994 Rafael Vinoly Practice Estudio de Arquitectura formed by Vinoly in 1964 Rafael Viñoly Architects - Location Based in New York City Founded in 1983 Offices also in London (UK) and L.A. (USA) Rafael Vinoly Book Rafael Viñoly Princeton Architectural Press 2002 "Think New York A Ground Zero Diary” by Hillary Lewis and Roman Viñoly The Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd, Australia 2006 Rafael Vinoly Project - Architecture Competition World Trade Center design competition: one of two finalists won by Daniel Libeskind Architects Rafael Viñoly Positions Fellow of the American Institute of Architects - AIA International Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects - RIBA Member of the Japan Institute of Architects Member of the Sociedad Central de Arquitectos National Academician, The National Academy, 1994 Previous Rafael Vinoly Education Position guest lecturer : Harvard Graduate School of Design More Rafael Vinoly Architects' buildings online soon