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Rafael Viñoly, the world-renowned Uruguayan architect who designed buildings including London's so-called Walkie Talkie, has died aged 78. Viñoly's death was announced by his son, Román,...
Mar 5, 2023 · Rafael Viñoly, a Uruguayan-born architect whose award-winning modernist buildings bring a dramatic flair to skylines around the world, has died. He was 78. Viñoly died of an aneurysm at New...
Mar 4, 2023 · Rafael Viñoly, the Uruguayan-born architect who designed 20 Fenchurch Street in London, nicknamed “The Walkie-Talkie,” has died, his firm says. He was 78.
At the same time, some of his works have been widely panned, including one of his high-profile designs, the so-called "Walkie-Talkie," which detractors dubbed the "Walkie Scorchy." It was named this after it focused light from the sun to a point and melted peoples' cars on August 30, 2013. [4]
Mar 3, 2023 · In 2013, sun bouncing off Mr. Viñoly’s 20 Fenchurch Street in London, a tower nicknamed the Walkie Talkie, melted parts of a car parked on a nearby street. The developer solved the problem...
Mar 4, 2023 · Rafael Viñoly, a Uruguayan-born architect whose award-winning modernist buildings bring a dramatic flair to skylines around the world, has died. He was 78. Viñoly died of an aneurysm at New York's Presbyterian Hospital in Lower Manhattan on Thursday, according to his firm.
Mar 4, 2023 · In London, his rotund design for 20 Fenchurch Street was quickly dubbed the “Walkie Talkie” for its handset-like swoop.
