MOCA architect Charles Gwathmey dies

Charles Gwathmey, an architect whose work transformed parts of Miami and New York, died of cancer in Manhattan on Monday. He was 71. He founded Gwathmey Siegel & Associates with Robert Siegel in 1968. He branched out into museum design in 1996, creating the Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami with Miami architect Jose Gelabert-Navia. He designed many luxury homes in the East End of Long Island and also the Sculpture for Living, a luxury condominium that transformed the Astor Place area of New York’s East Village.