César Pelli

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Cesar Pelli
Architect Cesar Pelli.
Personal information
Name	Cesar Pelli
Nationality	Argentine American
Birth date	October 12, 1926 (1926-10-12) (age 82)
Birth place	San Miguel de Tucumán Argentina
Work
Significant buildings	Petronas Twin Towers, Malaysia Cira Centre, Philadelphia, PA, USA

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

[edit] Career

Pelli'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.

• 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)^[3][4]
• Partner for Design, Gruen Associates, Los Angeles, 1968-1976
• Cesar Pelli & Associates, 1977

[edit] Completed

Other famous buildings he has designed include:

• 1966: Worldway Postal Center, Los Angeles International Airport, California^[5]
• 1967: Kukui Gardens housing, Honolulu, Hawaii^[6]
• 1969: San Bernardino City Hall, San Bernardino, California^[7]
• 1972: US Embassy in Tokyo, Japan
• 1973: Commons Centre and Mall^[8] Columbus, Indiana-^[9]
• 1975: Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, California^[10]
• 1981-1987: World Financial Center, New York City, New York, USA
• 1982-1984: Herring Hall at Rice University, Houston, Texas^[11]
• 1984: Residential Tower atop the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, New York
• 1984-1986: Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
• 1984: Mattatuck Museum Arts and History Center renovation, Waterbury, Connecticut
• 1987: Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, Charlotte, North Carolina^[12]
• 1987-1990: Carnegie Hall Tower, New York City, New York, USA
• 1987-89: Maryland Residence, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
• 1987-1991: One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, England
• 1988: Wells Fargo Center (formerly Norwest Center), Minneapolis, Minnesota
• 1989: Gaviidae Common, Minneapolis, Minnesota^[13][14]
• 1990: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Headquarters, Tokyo, Japan
• 1990: 181 West Madison Street, Chicago, Illinois^[15]
  • A 50-story skyscraper thought to be inspired by Saarinen's second place entry in Chicago's Tribune Tower competition^[16]
• 1991: Key Tower, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
• 1991: 777 Tower, Los Angeles, California
• 1991: Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York^[17]
• 1992: Bank of America Corporate Center, Charlotte, North Carolina
• 1992: Plaza Tower, Costa Mesa, California
• 1995: Aronoff Center for Performing Arts, Cincinnati, Ohio^[18][19]
• 1995: Wachovia Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
• 1996: Edificio República, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• 1996: Owens Corning World Headquarters, Toledo, Ohio, USA
• 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, USA
• 1999: Cheung Kong Center (長江集團中心), Hong Kong
• 1999: Zurich tower office building in The Hague, Netherlands
• 2000: Kurayoshi Park Square, Kurayoshi, Japan
• 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^[20]
• 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
• 2003: Benjamin & Mariam Schuster Performing Arts Center, Dayton, Ohio
• 2004: Goldman Sachs Tower, Jersey City, New Jersey
• 2005: Cira Centre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The new Minneapolis Central Library, designed by César Pelli, completed in 2006

• 2005: Malone Engineering Center, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
• 2006: Federal Building Eastern District Courthouse, Brooklyn, New York^[21]
• 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
• 2008: BOK Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma^[22]

[edit] Under Construction

• 2008: Business Instructional Facility, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois^[23]
• 2008: Repsol-YPF Building, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Under Construction
• 2008: St. Regis Residences & Hotel, Mexico City, Mexico
• 2009: New Airport Terminal Building (Phase 1), Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada^[24]
• 2009: The Aria Resort & Casino, the central feature of Project CityCenter, Las Vegas, Nevada
• 2009: Connecticut Science Center, Hartford, Connecticut
• 2009: The Landmark, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
• 2009: One Park West, Liverpool, England
• 2010: Gran Torre Costanera, Santiago, Chile
• 2010: Torre Puerto Triana, office building, Seville, Spain
• 2011: Iberdrola Tower, office building, Bilbao, Spain
• 2012: Porta Nuova Garibaldi, master plan and mixed-use development, Milan, Italy
• 2012: Cira Center South, Philadelphia

[edit] Proposed

• 2010: South Station Tower, Boston, Massachusetts
• 2013: Transbay Transportation Center and Tower, San Francisco, California
• Torre Cajasol, Seville, Spain

[edit] Publications

• 1982: "Skyscrapers," Perspecta 18, pp. 134-151.
• 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)

[edit] Notes

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