Rafael Viñoly
Rafael Viñoly was born in Montevideo, Montevideo Department, Uruguay on June 1st, 1944 and is the American Architect. At the age of 79, Rafael Viñoly biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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In 1964, he formed the "Estudio de Arquitectura Manteola-Petchersky-Sánchez Gómez-Santos-Solsona-Viñoly" architectural firm in Buenos Aires with six associates (Flora Manteola, Ignacio Petchersky, Javier Sánchez Gómez, Josefina Santos, and Justo Solsona). This practice, which came to be known as M/SG/S/S/S, or MSGSSS, would go on to become one of the largest architectural practices in South America, completing many significant commissions in a very short time.
In 1978, Viñoly and his family relocated to the United States. For a brief period, he served as a guest lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. In 1979, he settled permanently in New York City where, in 1983, he founded the firm Rafael Viñoly Architects PC. His first major project in New York was the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, completed in 1988. In 1989, he won an international competition to design the Tokyo International Forum, which was completed in 1996. His firm's design was one of the finalists in the World Trade Center design competition.
During the course of his 40-plus year career, Viñoly has practiced in the United States, Latin America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.
Viñoly is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, an International Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, and a member of the Japan Institute of Architects and the Argentinian Sociedad Central de Arquitectos.
- Design Honor, Salvadori Center, 2007
- International Fellow, The Royal Institute of British Architects, 2006
- National Design Award Finalist, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, 2004
- Neutra Medal for Professional Excellence: In recognition for his contributions to the Environmental Design Profession and in honor of Modernist architect Richard Neutra, 2000.
- Honorary Doctorate, University of Maryland, 1997
- Medal of Honor, American Institute of Architects, New York City Chapter, 1995
- National Academician, The National Academy, 1994
- Fellow, American Institute of Architects, 1993
- Konex Award, Konex Foundation, Argentina, 1992