Kennedy Center chooses Vinoly

Architect Rafael Vinoly of New York was named Wednesday to design two buildings on the eight-acre plaza in front of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington. The intention is to create more space for exhibitions and educational programs and to make the site more accessible to pedestrians.

Vinoly was the architect for the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia and the Tokyo International Forum. He is working on a performing arts center for jazz at Lincoln Center in New York and is under consideration for rebuilding at the World Trade Center site.

-- Lee Margulies