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Cesar Pelli (born October 12 1926 in San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina) is an Argentine 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 Professor of Psychology and Neural Science at New York University and Rafael, a renowned architect too.
   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.

Career

Project Designer, Eero Saarinen
- TWA Terminal Building, John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York City, New York
- Morse College & Ezra Stiles College, Yale University
Director of Design, Daniel, Mann, Johnson & Mendenhall, Los Angeles, California
- COMSAT Laboratories, in Clarksburg, Maryland, 1967-1968 (with landscape architect Lester Collins)
Partner for Design, Gruen Associates, Los Angeles, 1968-1976
Cesar Pelli & Associates, 1977

Buildings

Other famous buildings he's designed include:

1966: Worldway Postal Center, Los Angeles International Airport, California

1967: Kukui Gardens housing, Honolulu, Hawaii

1969: San Bernardino City Hall, San Bernardino, California

1972: US Embassy in Tokyo, Japan

1973: Commons Centre and Mall Columbus, Indiana-

1975: Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, California

1981-1987: World Financial Center, New York City, New York

1982-1984: Herring Hall at Rice University, Houston, Texas

1984: Residential Tower atop the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, New York

1984-1986: Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio

1984: Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, Connecticut

1987: Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, Charlotte, North Carolina

1987-1990: Carnegie Hall Tower, New York City, New York

1987-1991: One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, England

1988: Wells Fargo Center (formerly Norwest Center), Minneapolis, Minnesota

1989: Gaviidae Common, Minneapolis, Minnesota

1990: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Headquarters, Tokyo, Japan

1990: 181 West Madison Street, Chicago, Illinois

A 50-story skyscraper thought to be inspired by Saarinen's second place entry in Chicago's Tribune Tower competition

1991: Key Tower, Cleveland, Ohio

1991: 777 Tower, Los Angeles, California

1991: Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York

1992: Bank of America Corporate Center, Charlotte, North Carolina

1992: Plaza Tower, Costa Mesa, California

1995: Aronoff Center for Performing Arts, Cincinnati, Ohio

1995: Wachovia Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

1996: Edificio República, Buenos Aires, Argentina

1996: Owens Corning World Headquarters, Toledo, Ohio

1997: Expansion of Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C.

1998: Overture Center, Madison, Wisconsin

1998: Petronas Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

1998: Schuster Center, Dayton, Ohio

2000: Boston Bank Building, Buenos Aires, Argentina

2000: KABC-TV, Los Angeles, California

2001: Citigroup Centre, 25 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London

2001: Bucksbaum Center for the Arts at Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa

2001: Athletic and Fitness Center at Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa

2001: Investment Building, Washington, DC.

2002: Weber Music Hall at University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota

2003: Gerald Ratner Athletics Center at University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

2003: Two International Finance Centre, Hong Kong

2003: Center for Drama and Film & the Martel Theater at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York

2003: 25 Bank Street, Canary Wharf, Docklands, London

2003: 40 Bank Street, Canary Wharf, Docklands, London

2004: Goldman Sachs Tower, Jersey City, New Jersey

2005: Cira Centre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2005: Malone Engineering Center, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

2006: Federal Building Eastern District Courthouse, Brooklyn, New York

2006: Science and Engineering Research and Classroom Complex at University of Houston, Houston, Texas

2006: Minneapolis Public Library's Central branch, Minneapolis, Minnesota

2006: Joe Rosenfield '25 Center, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa

2006: Segerstrom Hall, Orange County Performing Arts Center, Costa Mesa, California

2006: Thomas E. Golden Jr. Center, St. Thomas More Catholic Chapel and Center, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

2006: Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Miami, Florida

2007: St. Regis Residences & Hotel, Mexico City, Mexico - Under Construction

2007: Iberdrola Tower, office building, Bilbao, Spain, - Under Construction

2007: Puerto Triana, office building, Seville, Spain, - Under Construction

2007: Progetto Porta Nuova, Isola/Garibaldi Milan, Italy, Under Construction

2008: Repsol-YPF Building, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Under Construction

2008: BOK Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma

2008: Connecticut Science Center, Hartford, Connecticut - Under Construction

2008: Business Instructional Facility, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois - Under Construction

2009; One Park West, Liverpool, England, - Under Construction

2009: Costanera Center, Santiago, Chile - Under Construction

The Landmark Tower, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Under Construction

2009?: South Station Tower, Boston, Massachusetts – proposed

2009: New terminal building at Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport, Winnipeg, Canada - Under Construction

2009: Main casino and condo tower at CityCenter Las Vegas - Under Construction

Publications

1984: Introduction to The Second Generation by Esther McCoy (Peregrine Smith Books)

1999: Observations for Young Architects (Monacelli Press)

2002: Foreword to Ralph Rapson: Sketches and Drawings from Around the World by Ralph Rapson (Afton Historical Society Press)Further Information

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