# RIP Rafael Viñoly
**URL:** https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/rip-rafael-vinoly/22514
**Category:** New York
**Created:** [March 3, 2023, 10:59pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/rip-rafael-vinoly/22514 "2023-03-03T22:59:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@5Bfilms](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/5Bfilms)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2023, 10:59pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/rip-rafael-vinoly/22514/1 "2023-03-03T22:59:21Z")
> **[Uruguayan architect Rafael Viñoly dies aged 78](https://www.dezeen.com/2023/03/03/rafael-vinoly-dies-aged-78/)**
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> Uruguayan architect Rafael Viñoly, who designed hundreds of projects including skyscrapers 432 Park Avenue and the Walkie Talkie, has passed away aged 78.
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### Author:  [@lowkeylion](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/lowkeylion)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2023, 11:10pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/rip-rafael-vinoly/22514/2 "2023-03-03T23:10:31Z")
RIP. Thank you for 432 Park.
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### Author:  [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2023, 4:46pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/rip-rafael-vinoly/22514/3 "2023-03-08T16:46:11Z")
We lost two architectural giants in a short period of time.
> **[Robert Geddes, 99, Transformative Architecture Dean at Princeton, Dies](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/13/arts/design/robert-geddes-dead.html)**
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> As an educator, he worked to put architecture on an equal footing with other disciplines. As an architect, he was known for buildings at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.
> **[Rafael Viñoly, Global Architect of Landmark Buildings, Dies at 78](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/03/arts/design/rafael-vinoly-dead.html#:~:text=Rafael%20Vi%C3%B1oly%2C%20Global%20Architect%20of,78%20%2D%20The%20New%20York%20Times)**
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> Uruguayan-born and New York-based, he was responsible for major commercial and cultural buildings in nearly a dozen countries.
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### Author:  [@007](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/007)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2023, 12:23pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/rip-rafael-vinoly/22514/4 "2023-03-10T12:23:55Z")
Couldn’t you merge these two threads together?
> [@Architects who've passed](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/architects-whove-passed/22542):
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> I thought it would be good to make a singular thread devoted to Architects as they pass away instead of making a new thread each time that unfortunate occassion comes by. Unfortunately we lost another giant in the world of Architecture, as the partial namesake and cofounder of KPF, Eugene Kohn, passed away today at 92 due to cancer. A great loss for KPF. He lived a full life and provided the world with so many timeless pieces of Architecture the world over.