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Rafael Viñoly: Everything But the Kimmel

Fri, 10 Mar 2006 06:23:39 -0500

Via ArchNewsNow comes this interview on Artinfo.com with architect Rafael Viñoly, a propos the new (well, it opened Oct. 1) Nasher art museum at Duke University. From the intro: Viñoly offers a bold challenge to the kind of architectural sensibility that sees restrictions as limitations to the work of the architect, reaching for that rare synthesis of great design and purpose that defines his singular...

Vinoly's Philadelphia Story Ends

Thu, 09 Mar 2006 11:47:43 -0500

The Kimmel Center in Philadelphia and its architect, Rafael Vinoly, reached a settlement this week that ended an ugly and public legal battle in which the managers of the concert hall accused the designer of doing shoddy work that lead the construction to balloon $23 million over budget. Peter Dobrin, who has been writing about the mess for the Philadelphia Inquirer, hands the win to Vinoly, and predicts dire things for the Kimmel Center for...

Rafael Viñoly Fights Back

Mon, 20 Feb 2006 10:45:50 -0500

The Architect and his glasses. New York architect Rafael Viñoly has asked that the lawsuit filed against his prestigious firm by Philadelphia's Kimmel Center be dismissed. The Kimmel Center is suing Viñoly over delays and cost overruns in the construction of their new building, for which Viñoly was the architect. The news was carried in today's editions of The Philadelphia Inquirer: In a response to a suit filed by the Kimmel Center against Rafael Viñoly...