The definitive monograph highlighting the global works of the visionary hailed by the New York Times' Herbert Muschamp as 'the most elegant architect now practicing in the United States. For nearly half a century Rafael Vinoly has been driven by the belief that the responsibility of architecture is to elevate the public realm. While his early work in Argentina transformed the landscape of his native country, his first major international projects - the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York and the International ...
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The definitive monograph highlighting the global works of the visionary hailed by the New York Times' Herbert Muschamp as 'the most elegant architect now practicing in the United States. For nearly half a century Rafael Vinoly has been driven by the belief that the responsibility of architecture is to elevate the public realm. While his early work in Argentina transformed the landscape of his native country, his first major international projects - the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York and the International Forum in Tokyo - established Vinoly as a global presence in architecture, whose buildings sustain a structural originality that transcends passing fads. This monograph features a chronological sampling of Vinoly's best work in the United States, Latin America, Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. The large and small-scale projects encompass courthouses, private residences, athletic facilities, performing arts centres, museums and educational buildings. Illustrated with photographs, plans and drawings, and accented by Vinoly's personal reflection on his career, this volume brings together the achievements of one of today's most internationally acclaimed architects.
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Thorough and up to date treatise on a very prolific and still working architect. Vinoly's work is wonderfully unpretentious, and a great contrast to the 'starchitects' (Gehry, Holl, Hadid, Koolhaas, Mayne, Diller-Scofidio-Renfro . . . ) with their signature styles and out of touch work. As Vinoly's body of work shows, there is more value in architecture that works hard to fit site, locale, function, client program and budget, and values these things over self-absorbed 'concept projects. Inspiring to real architects everywhere!
