NEW YORK (AP) — Ricardo Scofidio, an architect who transformed an abandoned railway into New York City’s popular High Line park and was among the first in his profession to win a MacArthur Foundation “genius grant,” has died. He was 89 and had worked on museums, college buildings and other projects around the world.
Ricardo Scofidio, an architect who helped reshape the museum landscape in the US, died on Thursday at 89. His death was announced by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, the firm he founded with his wife Elizabeth Diller in 1997.
Ricardo Scofidio, cofounder of Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R) died yesterday at age 89. DS+R (before it was called that) got its start in a gritty East Village studio in the 1970s doing avant-garde artworks and went on to design projects of international status,
Ricardo Scofidio, an architect in New York City whose firm designed some of the city's most iconic structures, died on Thursday at age 89.
With Diller Scofidio + Renfro, he brought a conceptual-art sensibility to cultural landmarks like Lincoln Center and to innovative public spaces like Manhattan’s High Line.
Ricardo Scofidio, who founded the firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro and designed The High Line pedestrian park, died Thursday at the age of 89.
Above: The Broad, which remains open during a Diller Scofidio + Renfro expansion set to debut in time for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles. The Veil and the Vault is not the title of a forgotten film noir.
Ricardo Scofidio, an architect in New York City whose firm designed some of the city's most iconic structures such as the High Line elevated park in Manhattan, died on Thursday
Ricardo Scofidio died on 6 March 2025, with his death announced by Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R), the practice he co-founded with Elizabeth Diller in 1981.
Ricardo Scofidio, the American architect renowned for designing some of New York's most iconic projects, has passed away at the age of 89.
Architect Ricardo Scofidio, whose work co-designing museums, art venues and public spaces reshaped America’s cultural landscape, has died age 89.