Architect – Rafael Viñoly

Rafael Viñoly is a Uruguayan architect. He studied at the University of Buenos Aires and the School of Architecture and Urbanism. In 1983 he founded Rafael Viñoly Architects. Born in Montevideo in 1944 he relocated to the United States in 1978. I’ve featured his most recent work and one from 19999: the Jongno Tower, because when I lived in Seoul i was fascinated by that building. Today his firm has offices in New York, Palo Alto, London, Manchester, Abu Dhabi, and Buenos Aires. When asked what makes a building an architectural success Viñoly answered: The best architecture redefines how things are going to be, rather than repeating what has been accepted, or what is already part of the norm. You may remember that Vinoly was previously featured in 13 buidings that redefined architecture.


Jongno Tower
1999, Seoul, Korea

Edificio Acqua Punta
2008, Del Este, Uruguay




Helen Diller Family Cancer Research Building, University of California
2008, San Francisco, California




Peralman Centre for Advanced Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
2008, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania




South Texas Research Facility, University of Texas Health Science Centre
2010, San Antonio, Texas




University of California, San Francisco Institute for Regeneration Medicine Building
2010, San Francisco, California

Claremont McKenna College
2011, Claremont, California

Colchester Visual Arts Facility
2011, Colchester, England




University of Chicago Medicine Centre for the Care and Discovery
2012, Chicago, Illinois




121st Police Precinct Station House
2013, Staten Island, New York




Cleveland Museum of Art
2013, Cleveland, Ohio




Novartis Building 3
2013, East Hanover, New Jersey




University of Oxford Master Plan and Mathematics Institute
2013, Oxford, England




20 Fenchurch Street
2014, London, England




432 Park Avenue
2015, New York, New York