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Also known as Caesar Pelli, Cesar Antonio Pelli, Cesar Pelli

Argentine-American architect (1926–2019)

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César Pelli (1926–2019) was an architect associated with the firm Pelli Clarke & Partners. His professional output includes works such as the National Airport terminal, a project involving Eero Saarinen, and publications titled *Sections through a practice* and *Portfolio design*. Open Library records list thirteen works under his name, while Crossref data indicates five works.

Pelli’s official website is pcparch.com. He is referenced by 323 other encyclopedia articles. His pseudonym is listed as "Pelli, Cesar".

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Person · Open Library

Born
1926
Works
13

Top works

  • Sections through a practice
  • Portfolio design
  • Eero Saarinen : Bell Telephone Corporation Research Laboratories, New Jersey, 1957-62 ; Deere & Company Headquarters building, Illinois, 1957-63
  • Cesar Pelli
  • The Commons and Courthouse Center, Indiana, 1971-74; Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, California, 1972-76; Rainbow Mall and Winter Garden, Niagara Falls, New York, 1975-77

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Key facts

Born
( 1926-10-12 ) October 12, 1926, San Miguel de Tucumán , Argentina
Died
July 19, 2019 (2019-07-19) (aged 92), New Haven, Connecticut , U.S.
Citizenship
Argentina United States (from 1964) France (from 1998)
Alma mater
National University of Tucumán University of Illinois School of Architecture
Occupation
Architect
Awards
Doctor of Arts CTBUH Skyscraper Award Connecticut Architecture Foundation Distinguished Leadership Award Lynn S. Beedle Lifetime Achievement Award Aga Khan Award for Architecture
Practice
Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects Daniel, Mann, Johnson and Mendenhall
Design
Modern architecture with material, formal, and contextual variety and no personal signature style

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Official website

Pelli Clarke & Partners

Pelli Clarke & Partners is an international architecture practice based in New Haven and New York City. Partners lead interdisciplinary teams of architects, designers, and technical experts across the globe to design buildings and spaces that inspire and transform communities.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
César
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of death
New Haven
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
Spanish
Notable work
Cajasol Tower
Field of work
architecture
Official website
pcparch.com
Image
César Pelli (cropped).jpg
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Commons category
César Pelli
date of birth
1926-10-12
name in native language
César Pelli
date of death
2019-07-19
has works in the collection
Museum of Modern Art
pseudonym
Pelli, Cesar
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Encyclopedic overview

César Pelli (October 12, 1926 – July 19, 2019) was an Argentinian and American architect who designed some of the world's tallest buildings and other major urban landmarks. Three of his most notable buildings are the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, the World Financial Center in New York City, and the Salesforce Tower in San Francisco. The American Institute of Architects named him one of the ten most influential living American architects in 1991 and awarded him the AIA Gold Medal in 1995. In 2008, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat presented him with The Lynn S. Beedle Lifetime Achievement Award.

Life and education

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “César Pelli” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.