Rafael Viñoly Architects

Rafael Viñoly Architects is an internationally renowned architectural firm headquartered in New York City, with branch offices in London and Manchester in the United Kingdom; Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; Buenos Aires, Argentina; and Stanford, CA in the United States. For over 30 years, the firm’s work is marked by a sustained structural originality that transcends the passing fads of architectural movements and is consistently driven by the belief that the essential responsibility of architecture is to generate the most elegant solution within the economy of each project.

Rafael Viñoly Architects’ unique and diverse portfolio of work spans five continents, and includes awardwinning museums, performing arts centers, convention centers, athletic facilities, banks, hotels, hospitals, laboratories, recreational venues, residential complexes and towers, and commercial, industrial and educational facilities.

Notable and recently completed projects include 432 Park Avenue, the tallest residential tower in the Western Hemisphere and the best-selling New York City building of all time. The firm’s current residential projects include NEMA Chicago; 125 Greenwich Street, 277 Fifth Avenue, Three Waterline Square, and 1185 Broadway in New York City; The Hills at Vallco in Stanford, CA; Marble Arch Place in London; VESTA in Manchester, U.K.; and Cipriani in Punta del Este, Uruguay.

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