- César Pelli
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Cesar Pelli 
Architect Cesar Pelli.Born October 12, 1926
San Miguel de Tucumán, ArgentinaNationality Argentine American Work Buildings Petronas Twin Towers, Malaysia Cira Centre, Philadelphia, PA, USA
1 Canada Square, London, England, United KingdomDesign Metallic, art deco-influenced buildings César Pelli (born October 12, 1926) is an Argentine architect known for designing some of the world's tallest buildings and other major urban landmarks. 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, next to the since-fallen World Trade Center.
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Personal life
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.
Awards and honors
On May 26, 2008, Yale University bestowed an honorary Doctor of Arts degree to Pelli for his work in Architecture.[1]
Career
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)
Kurayoshi Park Square in Kurayoshi, Japan
Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, California.- 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)[2][3]
- Partner for Design, Gruen Associates, Los Angeles, 1968–1976
- Cesar Pelli & Associates, 1977
Completed
Other famous buildings he has designed include:
- 1966: Worldway Postal Center, Los Angeles International Airport, California[4]
- 1967: Kukui Gardens housing, Honolulu, Hawaii[5]
- 1969: San Bernardino City Hall, San Bernardino, California[6]
- 1972: US Embassy in Tokyo, Japan
- 1973: Commons Centre and Mall,[7] Columbus, Indiana-[8]
- 1975: Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, California[9]
- 1981-1987: World Financial Center, New York City, New York, USA
- 1982-1984: Herring Hall at Rice University, Houston, Texas[10]
- 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[11]
- 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[12][13]
- 1990: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Headquarters, Tokyo, Japan
- 1990: 181 West Madison Street, Chicago, Illinois[14]
- A 50-story skyscraper thought to be inspired by Saarinen's second place entry in Chicago's Tribune Tower competition[15]
- 1991: Key Tower, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- 1991: 777 Tower, Los Angeles, California
- 1991: Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York[16]
- 1992: Bank of America Corporate Center, Charlotte, North Carolina
- 1992: Plaza Tower, Costa Mesa, California
- 1994: Physics and Astronomy Building, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
- 1995: Aronoff Center for Performing Arts, Cincinnati, Ohio[17][18]
- 1995: 100 North Main Street (formerly Wachovia Center), Winston-Salem, North Carolina
- 1996: Edificio República, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 1996: Residencial del Bosque, Mexico City, Mexico
- 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: JP MorganChase Building, San Francisco
- 2002: Weber Music Hall at University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota
- 2002: Former Enron Headquarters at 1500 Louisiana Street, Houston, Texas
- 2003: Gerald Ratner Athletics Center at University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois[19]
- 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
- 2005: Malone Engineering Center, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
- 2006: Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building Eastern District Courthouse, Brooklyn, New York[20]
- 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: Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, Segerstrom Center For The Arts, 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[21]
- 2008: One Park West, Liverpool, England
- 2008: Torre de Cristal, Madrid, Spain
- 2008: Repsol-YPF Building, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 2008: St. Regis Residences & Hotel, Mexico City, Mexico
- 2008: Business Instructional Facility, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois[22]
- 2009: Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School, New Haven, Connecticut[23]
- 2009: Connecticut Science Center, Hartford, Connecticut
- 2009: Aria Resort & Casino, the central feature of CityCenter, Las Vegas, Nevada
- 2011: New Airport Terminal Building (Phase 1), Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada[24]
Under construction
- 2010: Gran Torre Costanera, Santiago, Chile
- 2011: Iberdrola Tower, office building, Bilbao, Spain
- 2011: The Landmark, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- 2012: Porta Nuova Garibaldi, master plan and mixed-use development, Milan, Italy
- 2012: Cira Center South, Philadelphia
- 2012: Sidra Medical Center, Qatar
- 2012: Cajasol Tower, office building, Seville, Spain
- 2013: DePaul University, The Theatre School, Chicago, Illinois[25]
- 2017: Transbay Transit Center, San Francisco, California
Proposed
- 2010: South Station Tower, Boston, Massachusetts
- Unknown: Banco Macro Tower, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 1965: Sunset Mountain Park, Santa Monica, California, Cesar Pelli and A.J.Lumsden
Duke University revitalization
In 2007, Duke University commissioned him to plan a 20- to 50-year revitalization of its Central Campus.[26]
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)
References
- ^ University awards 3,117 degrees at Commencement
- ^ Early Cesar Pelli Building Threatened with Demolition
- ^ COMARA.org - COMSAT Alumni & Retirees Association
- ^ Design Awards
- ^ Kukui Gardens residents escape increase in rent
- ^ City of San Bernardino
- ^ About The Commons
- ^ Columbus, Indiana
- ^ Pacific Design Center - Quick Facts
- ^ Robert R. Herring Hall, Rice University
- ^ Blumenthal Performing Arts Center history
- ^ Gaviidae Common
- ^ Gaviidae Common
- ^ 181 West Madison
- ^ BC.edu
- ^ Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center
- ^ Aronoff Center for the Arts
- ^ Aronoff Center for the Arts
- ^ Gerald Ratner Athletics Center
- ^ Federal Building Eastern District Courthouse
- ^ BOK Center
- ^ College of Business > University of Illinois
- ^ http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/70m_co-op_high_school_debuts/
- ^ Winnipeg Airports Authority
- ^ http://newsroom.depaul.edu/NewsReleases/showNews.aspx?NID=2352
- ^ Duke University Central Campus Planning
External links
Categories:- César Pelli buildings
- 1926 births
- American architects
- Argentine architects
- Living people
- American people of Argentine descent
- People from Tucumán Province
- Argentine people of Italian descent
- National University of Tucumán alumni
- Argentine emigrants to the United States
- Naturalized citizens of the United States
- American people of Italian descent
- Members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
- Postmodern architects
- University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign alumni
- Aga Khan Award for Architecture winners
- Grinnell College people
- Yale University faculty
- Project Designer, Eero Saarinen
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