(Emma Lee/WHYY) Ax said he never had a problem with the standard straight piano keyboard and does not expect the curve to feel much different. “I don’t know that it makes things a lot easier,” he said ...

The piano has a curved keyboard. But it’s not a giant toy that a clown could bang on at the circus. Biss is no clown. Neither was the architect Rafael Viñoly, who came up with the idea and ...

Bernstein Rafael Viñoly, a Uruguayan-born architect ... “Not many people thought the piano needed to be reinvented,” said the architect David Rockwell, who worked with Mr. Viñoly on several ...

Rafael Viñoly, a Uruguay-born architect who ... He once described his normal workday as spending the morning at the piano (he had been an accomplished young pianist and once considered a career ...

Rafael Viñoly, the famed Uruguayan architect who designed ... which he told The New York Times was his “only big indulgence.” “When I’m playing the piano is literally the only time I can be completely ...

Rafael Viñoly died on March 2 in New York ... Viñoly shared his love for playing classical music on the piano. “When I’m playing the piano is literally the only time I can be completely ...

Rafael Viñoly, the Uruguayan architect who ... Outside of architecture, Viñoly enjoyed playing classical piano. He is survived by his wife, Diana, his son, Román, stepsons Nicolás and ...

Rafael started piano lessons at the age of five ... It was the project that made Vinoly’s international name, one that he referred to as "the Grand Central Station of Tokyo".

N.Y., to house his piano collection. “I spent countless rich and meaningful hours with Rafael,” wrote the architect David Rockwell in a New York Times tribute after Mr. Viñoly died.

Rafael Viñoly, 78, died after a long and prolific design career ... and the concert hall for Jazz at Lincoln Center. Throughout his life, the piano remained Viñoly’s “one major indulgence,” according ...

Madison Group, a Toronto–based development firm, announced recently its plans to build four new towers designed by Rafael Viñoly ... public space will feature a piano, and other amenities.

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 ...