César Pelli (born 1926)
Cesar Pelli, born 1926 in San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina is an Argentine architect known for building some of the world's tallest skyscrapers and other major urban landmarks like the Petronas Twin Towers, Malaysia or Cira Centre, Philadelphia, PA, USA. He also designed the World Financial Center complex in Manhattan, which surround the now-fallen World Trade Center. Cesar Pelli studied architecture at the Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. He completed his studies at the School of Architecture at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Cesar Pelli started his career in the office of architect Eero Saarinen, New Haven. He emigrated to the United States in 1952. He opened his own office in 1977.
Important Buildings:
- 181 West Madison Street, Chicago, Illinois
- 25 Bank Street, Canary Wharf, Docklands, London
- 40 Bank Street, Canary Wharf, Docklands, London
- 777 Tower, Los Angeles, California
- Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Miami, Florida
- Aronoff Center for Performing Arts, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Athletic and Fitness Center at Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa
- Bank of America Corporate Center, Charlotte, North Carolina
- Benjamin & Mariam Schuster Performing Arts Center, Dayton, Ohio
- Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, Charlotte, North Carolina
- Boston Bank Building, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Bucksbaum Center for the Arts at Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa
- Carnegie Hall Tower, New York City, New York
- Center for Drama and Film & the Martel Theater at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York
- Cheung Kong Center, Hong Kong, PRC
- Cira Centre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Citigroup Centre, 25 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London
- Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
- Commons Centre and Mall, Columbus, Indiana
- Edificio República, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Expansion of Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C.
- Federal Building Eastern District Courthouse, Brooklyn, New York
- Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York
- Gaviidae Common, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Gerald Ratner Athletics Center at University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
- Goldman Sachs Tower, Jersey City, New Jersey
- Herring Hall at Rice University, Houston, Texas
- Investment Building, Washington, DC.
- Joe Rosenfield '25 Center, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa
- KABC-TV, Los Angeles, California
- Key Tower, Cleveland, Ohio
- Kukui Gardens housing, Honolulu, Hawaii
- Kurayoshi Park Square, Kurayoshi, Japan
- Malone Engineering Center, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
- Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, Connecticut
- Minneapolis Public Library's Central branch, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Headquarters, Tokyo, Japan
- One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, England
- Overture Center, Madison, Wisconsin
- Owens Corning World Headquarters, Toledo, Ohio
- Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, California
- Petronas Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Plaza Tower, Costa Mesa, California
- Residential Tower atop the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, New York
- San Bernardino City Hall, San Bernardino, California
- Schuster Center, Dayton, Ohio
- Science and Engineering Research and Classroom Complex at University of Houston, Houston, Texas
- Segerstrom Hall, Orange County Performing Arts Center, Costa Mesa, California
- Thomas E. Golden Jr. Center, St. Thomas More Catholic Chapel and Center, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
- Two International Finance Centre, Hong Kong
- US Embassy in Tokyo, Japan
- Wachovia Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
- Weber Music Hall at University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota
- Wells Fargo Center (formerly Norwest Center), Minneapolis, Minnesota
- World Financial Center, New York City, New York
- Worldway Postal Center, Los Angeles International Airport, California
