César Pelli

(1926–2019) argentinsk arkitekt

César Pelli (United States, 1926–2019) is listed in the catalogue as an architect. By year of birth, César Pelli belongs to the chapter ‘Modernism’ in this site’s history of architecture.

César Pelli was born in San Miguel de Tucumán and died in New Haven. César Pelli trained at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, National University of Tucumán, and Instituto Técnico UNT. Wikidata associates César Pelli with postmodern architecture. César Pelli became a member of American Academy of Arts and Letters and Académie d'architecture. The awards include Architecture Firm Award, AIA Gold Medal, Premio Obras Cemex, and diamond Konex award.

The best-known works include ‘One Canada Square’, ‘Cheung Kong Center’, ‘Torre de Cristal’, and ‘Iberdrola Tower’. The catalogue has 52 buildings by César Pelli. The dated buildings span the years 1941–2023. The buildings are in places such as Manhattan, Central and Western District, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Kuala Lumpur, and Milan. They are in 13 countries. According to Wikidata, buildings by César Pelli belong to the styles ‘Postmodernism’, ‘Functionalism’, ‘Post-war modernism’, and ‘Contemporary architecture’.

Contemporary architects in the same chapter include Robert Venturi, James Stirling, James Stirling, Christian Norberg-Schulz, and Oswald Mathias Ungers.