Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan, Exterior perspectives

Rafael Viñoly

1991

Six crayon-on-paper sketch studies by Rafael Viñoly that quickly explore exterior views, massing, and focal gestures for the Tokyo International Forum.

The sheets read like a series of rapid visual notes—restless black strokes and hatchings that suggest skyline and trees, each punctuated by a single sharp red mark that instantly becomes the eye’s anchor in every vignette.

These lively studies reveal how an architect uses fast, graphic drawing to think through urban presence and theatrical public space, a method that helped shape Viñoly’s expressive approach to late‑20th‑century civic architecture.

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Art Terms

Architectural drawing Drawing Sketch Architecture Perspective Built environment Urbanization

Exhibitions

Visionary Architecture

1960

Architectural Models from the Collection

1974

Architecture of Museums

1968

Modern Architecture for the Modern School

1942