César Pelli

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César Pelli was an Argentine-American architect renowned for designing some of the world’s tallest and most iconic skyscrapers, including the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur.

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instanceOf Argentine-American
architect
person
awardReceived AIA Gold Medal
AIA Twenty-five Year Award
CTBUH 10 Year Award
countryOfCitizenship Argentina
United States of America
dateOfBirth 1926-10-12
dateOfDeath 2019-07-19
designed Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
Brookfield Place (New York City)
Cira Centre
Costanera Center
surface form: Gran Torre Santiago

International Finance Centre (Hong Kong)
One Canada Square
Pacific Design Center
Petronas Towers
Reforma 222
Torre de Cristal (Madrid)
Unicredit Tower (Milan)
World Financial Center
educatedAt National University of Tucumán
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
employer Saarinen, Swanson & Saarinen
surface form: Eero Saarinen and Associates

University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Yale University
familyName Pelli
fieldOfWork architecture
founded César Pelli & Associates
Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects
fullName César Pelli self-link
givenName César
languageOfWorkOrName English
Spanish
notableFor designing some of the world’s tallest skyscrapers
postmodern architecture
notableWork Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
Brookfield Place (New York City)
Cira Centre
Costanera Center
surface form: Gran Torre Santiago

International Finance Centre (Hong Kong)
Malmo Live complex
Minneapolis Central Library
Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower
One Canada Square
Pacific Design Center
Petronas Towers
Reforma 222
Salesforce Tower (Indianapolis)
Torre de Cristal (Madrid)
Twin towers of Plaza Venezuela (Caracas)
Unicredit Tower (Milan)
Winter Garden Atrium
World Financial Center
occupation architect
placeOfBirth San Miguel de Tucumán
surface form: San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
placeOfDeath New Haven, Connecticut
surface form: New Haven, Connecticut, United States
positionHeld Dean of the Yale School of Architecture
workLocation New Haven, Connecticut
surface form: New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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Costanera Center architect César Pelli
subject surface form: Gran Torre Santiago
Petronas Towers architect César Pelli
César Pelli fullName César Pelli self-link
Tower 2 hasArchitect César Pelli