Rafael Viñoly

Rafael Viñoly Beceiro (Montevideo, 1º giugno 1944 – New York, 3 marzo 2023) è stato un architetto uruguaiano naturalizzato statunitense.

Biografia

Figlio del regista Román Viñoly Barreto e dell’insegnante di matematica María Beceiro, nacque a Montevideo in Uruguay, ma crebbe e studiò in Argentina. Frequentò l'Università di Buenos Aires, ottenendo un diploma in architettura nel 1968 e un master in architettura e urbanistica nel 1969.

Nel 1978 si trasferì con la famiglia negli Stati Uniti. Nel 1983 fondò a New York lo studio di architettura "Rafael Viñoly Architects PC". Nel 1989 si aggiudicò la progettazione del Tokyo International Forum. Terminato nel 1996, è considerato da molti il più importante complesso culturale del Giappone.

Stanziatosi definitivamente a New York, morì il 3 marzo 2023 all'età di 78 anni.^[1]

Opere

Completate

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  Lehman College Physical Education Facility, Bronx, New York, 1994
• Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Giappone, 1996
• Bronx Housing Court, Bronx, New York, 1997
• Princeton University Stadium, Princeton, New Jersey, 1998
• Jongno Tower, Seul, Corea del Sud, 1999
• Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, New York, 2000

• Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Filadelfia, Pennsylvania, 2001
• Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2002
• Brown University, Watson Institute for International Studies, Providence, Rhode Island, 2002
• Pennsylvania State University, Information Sciences and Technology Building, Pennsylvania, 2003
• David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2003
• Princeton University, Carl Icahn Laboratory, Lewis Sigler Institute, Princeton, New Jersey, 2004
• University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois, 2004
• Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, Boston, Massachusetts, 2004
• National Institutes of Health, John Edward Porter Neurosciences Research Center, Bethesda, Maryland, 2004
• Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York, 2004
• Duke University, Nasher Museum of Art, Durham, Carolina del Nord, 2005
• Mahler 4 Office Tower, Amsterdam, Paesi Bassi, 2005
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Farm Research Campus, Ashburn, Virginia, 2006
• Wageningen University and Research Centre, Atlas Building, Wageningen, Paesi Bassi, 2006
• Bronx County Hall of Justice, Bronx, New York, 2007
• University of California, Los Angeles, California NanoSystems Institute, Los Angeles, California, 2007
• Curve Theatre, Leicester, Regno Unito, 2008
• Fortabat Museum, Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires, 2008
• Brooklyn Children's Museum, Brooklyn, New York, 2008
• New Terminal at Carrasco International Airport, Montevideo, Uruguay, 2009
• West Quad Building, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York, 2009
• City College of New York, Spitzer School of Architecture, Urban Design, and Landscape Architecture, New York, 2009
• Vdara Hotel & Spa at CityCenter, Paradise, Nevada, 2009
• University of California, San Francisco, Institute for Regeneration Medicine Building, San Francisco, California, 2010
• Colchester Visual Arts Facility, Colchester, Regno Unito, 2011
• Edificio Acqua, Punta del Este, Uruguay, 2008
• Helen Diller Family Cancer Research Building, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, 2008
• Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2008
• University of Oxford Master Plan and Mathematics Institute, Oxford, Regno Unito, 2013
• The Gateway, Al Raha Beach Development, Abu Dhabi, Emirati Arabi Uniti, 2010
• South Texas Research Facility, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, 2010
• University of Chicago, Medicine Center for Care and Discovery, Chicago, Illinois, 2012
• University of Arizona Science Center, Tucson, Arizona, 2011
• 121st Police Precinct Stationhouse, Staten Island, New York 2013
• Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, 2013 (ampliamento)
• Mina Zayed Waterfront Development, Abu Dhabi, Emirati Arabi Uniti, 2012
• Claremont McKenna College, Kravis Center, Claremont, California, 2011
• Battersea Power Station Master Plan, Londra, Regno Unito, 2020
• Novartis Building 3, East Hanover, New Jersey, 2013
• 20 Fenchurch Street, City of London, Regno Unito, 2014
• 432 Park Avenue, New York, 2015
• Ponte Laguna Garzón, Uruguay, 2015

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  277 Fifth Avenue, New York, 2019

In costruzione

• Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate, Boston, Massachusetts, 2014
• Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2014
• University of South Carolina, Darla Moore School of Business, Columbia, Carolina del Sud, 2014
• The New Stanford Hospital, Stanford, California, 2015
• 1401 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2015
• Manchester City Football Club, Etihad Campus, 2016^[2]

Note

Altri progetti

• Wikimedia Commons contiene immagini o altri file su Rafael Viñoly

Collegamenti esterni

• Sito ufficiale, su vinoly.com.
• Viñoly, Rafael, su Treccani.it – Enciclopedie on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana.
• (EN) Rafael Viñoly Architects PC, su rvapc.com.
• (EN) Articoli su Rafael Viñoly sul New York Times

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