César Pelli was born in San Miguel de Tucuman in Argentina in 1926. He studied at the Universidad National de Tucuman and subsequently received his Master of Science in Architecture from the University of Illinois School of Architecture in 1954. In 1964 he became a naturalized American citizen. He is the founder of Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects. Pelli is best known for his skyscrappers.
The American Institute of Architects named him one of the 10 most influential living American Architects. They also awarded him the Gold Medal in 1995 as well as gave him an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters in 2004. Pelli was given an honorary Doctor of Arts degree by Yale University
Pacific Design Centre
West Hollywood, California, 1975
200 Versey Street
New York City, 1985
Wells Fargo
Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1989
One Canada Square
London, UK, 1991
Reagan National Airport North Terminal
Washington, DC, 1997
Petronas Towers
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1998
731 Lexingtonn Avenue
New York City, 2004
National Museum of Art
Osaka, Japan, 2004
Shanghai International Finance Centre IFC
Pudong, 2010
Iberdrola Tower
2012
Gran Torre
Santiago, Chile, 2013
Buerger Center for Advanced Pediatric Care
2015
Salesforce Tower
San Francisco, 2017
Salesforce Park and Bus Bridge and Salesforce Tower
San Francisco, 2018
David McClure says
His work is quite fantastic, quite modern and larger than life. This Architect I like! I don’t usually go for the Modern, but is his case, his work will be the historic of the Future!