烏拉圭裔美籍建築師維諾利（Rafael Vinoly）在世界各地設計的地標性建築享譽國際，他的家人今天宣布維諾利已與世長辭，享壽78歲。

Rafael Vinoly’s name is synonymous with stylish design and architectural innovation. Born in Montevideo, Uruguay in 1944 and educated at the University of Buenos Aires, where he earned his Master’s Degree in architecture, Vinoly has spent the better part of a century creating some of the world’s most iconic structures.

Following a stint in academia, Vinoly honed his craft and began working as an architect in the United States, founding his own firm, Rafael Vinoly Architects, just five years after his arrival stateside. His exemplary work soon caught the eye of some of the city’s biggest names in real estate development, who tapped him to design the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York, a project completed in 1988, just 10 years after he first arrived in America.

It wasn’t long before Vinoly’s talent was being recognized throughout the states and around the world; in the decade following his work on John Jay, Vinoly was tapped to design the Tokyo International Forum, Lehman College’s athletic facility, and the Princeton University Stadium. He’s since lent his peerless talent to developments in the United Arab Emirates, the U.K., the Netherlands, and his native country, and, perhaps as a love letter to his former career in academia, has designed buildings for Penn State, the University of Chicago, Bard College, Claremont McKenna, and Brown University, as well as earning an honorary doctorate from the University of Maryland and recognition from The Royal Institute of British Architects, the American Institute of Architects, The National Academy, and the National Design Award Committee.