César Pelli

Cesar Pelli
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Architect Cesar Pelli.
Personal information
Nationality Argentine American
Born October 12, 1926(1926-10-12)
San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
Work
Buildings

Petronas Twin Towers, Malaysia Cira Centre, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Canary Wharf, London, England, United Kingdom
Design Metallic, art deco-influenced buildings

César Pelli (born October 12, 1926 in San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina) is an Argentine-American architect known for designing some of the world's tallest buildings and other major urban landmarks. His designs are known for their curved facades and metallic elements.

In 1991, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) listed Pelli among the ten most influential living American architects. His many awards include the 1995 AIA Gold Medal which recognizes a body of work of lasting influence on the theory and practice of architecture.

Perhaps his most famous work are the Petronas Twin Towers, which were for a time the world's tallest buildings. He also designed the World Financial Center complex in downtown Manhattan, which surround the now-fallen World Trade Center.

After studying architecture at the Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Pelli completed his studies at the School of Architecture at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He started his career in the New Haven offices of architect Eero Saarinen.

He emigrated to the United States in 1952 and became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1964. He married Diana Balmori, a renowned landscape and urban designer. They had two children: Denis, a neurobiologist and Professor of Psychology and Neural Science at New York University and Rafael, also a renowned architect.

Pelli served as dean of the School of Architecture at Yale University from 1977 to 1984. His firm employs about 100 architects, designers, and support staff in New Haven, Connecticut.

Pelli wrote a book, "Observations for Young Architects."

In 2007, Duke University commissioned him to plan a 20- to 50-year revitalization of its Central Campus.[1]

On May 26, 2008, Yale University bestowed an honorary Doctor of Arts degree to Pelli for his work in Architecture.[2]

Contents

Career

Pelli and Mahathir Mohamad's Petronas Twin Tower, 1998
Pelli's Wells Fargo Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1989. Jon Davis
Bank of America Corporate Center, located in the center of uptown Charlotte, North Carolina, 1992
A view of the World Financial Center, and World Trade center from the Hudson River on August 26, 2000.
The Zurich tower, a 20-floor landmark office building in The Hague, Netherlands (1999)
BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Kurayoshi Park Square in Kurayoshi, Japan
Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, California.
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, Florida.

Completed

Other famous buildings he has designed include:

Under construction

Proposed

Publications

Notes

  1. ↑ Duke University Central Campus Planning
  2. ↑ University awards 3,117 degrees at Commencement
  3. ↑ Early Cesar Pelli Building Threatened with Demolition
  4. ↑ COMARA.org - COMSAT Alumni & Retirees Association
  5. ↑ Design Awards
  6. ↑ Kukui Gardens residents escape increase in rent
  7. ↑ City of San Bernardino
  8. ↑ About The Commons
  9. ↑ Columbus, Indiana
  10. ↑ Pacific Design Center - Quick Facts
  11. ↑ Robert R. Herring Hall, Rice University
  12. ↑ Blumenthal Performing Arts Center history
  13. ↑ Gaviidae Common
  14. ↑ Gaviidae Common
  15. ↑ 181 West Madison
  16. ↑ BC.edu
  17. ↑ Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center
  18. ↑ Aronoff Center for the Arts
  19. ↑ Aronoff Center for the Arts
  20. ↑ Gerald Ratner Athletics Center
  21. ↑ Federal Building Eastern District Courthouse
  22. ↑ BOK Center
  23. ↑ College of Business > University of Illinois
  24. ↑ http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/70m_co-op_high_school_debuts/
  25. ↑ Winnipeg Airports Authority

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