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César Pelli
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Argentine-American architect (1926–2019)
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 birth
- San Miguel de Tucumán
- Place of death
- New Haven
- Spouse
- Diana Balmori Ling
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- Spanish
- Notable work
- Cajasol Tower
- Field of work
- architecture
- Movement
- postmodern 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
- archives at
- Mariano Moreno National Library
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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
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