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.
Scofidio died Thursday with his wife and architecture partner, Elizabeth Diller, by his side, said their firm, Diller Scofidio + Renfro. The studio's statement didn't say whether he had been ill; an inquiry was sent Friday morning.
