July 2023

César Pelli (October 12, 1926 – July 19, 2019) was an Argentine-American architect who designed some of the world's tallest buildings and other major urban landmarks. Shortly after graduating from University in Argentina, he won a scholarship to study at the University of Illinois for one year.


César Pelli with Adamson Associate, World Financial Center, New York 1988

His experiences there led to a job offer from Eero Saarinen, which brought Cesar into the orbit of one of the most influential architects of his generation where he embraced a highly creative, energetic, and inclusive studio culture. A passionate educator and thinker, Cesar went on to serve as Dean of the Yale School of Architecture and founded the firm with Fred Clarke and Diana Balmori in 1977.

Pelli Clarke & Partners, Petronas Tower, Kuala Lumpur, 1997

Two of his most notable buildings are the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur and the World Financial Center in New York City. 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.


 Pelli Clarke & Partners, International financial center Hong Kong 2004


César Pelli, Fred W. Clarke, Rafael Pelli, Torre de Cristal, Madrid, 2009


Pelli Clarcke & Partrners, Gran Torre Santiago, Santiago, Cile 2014


Pelli Clarke & Partners, Porta Nuova Garibaldi Unicredit Tower Milano, Milano, 2013


Mario Cucinella Architects, Nice Brasil,  Limera, Brasil

Bjarke Ingels Group, Heatherwick Studio, Google Bay View Campus, Mountain View, United States


Alfonso Femia / Atelier(s) Alfonso Femia, Salerno Costa-d'Amalfi Airport, Salerno, Italy


Hemsworth Architecture, Leon Lebeniste Facility, Squamish, Canada


Mathieu Forest + Zone of Utopia - Centre Culturel - Xinxiang - China

Yan Pan, the co-founder and design principle of SpActrum


SpActrum/Yan Pan, M2 Art Centre, Binjiang District, Hangzhou, China 


Sotheby’s acquires Marcel Breuer’s Modernist Museum


Fendi Kengo Kuma Project, an artistic dialogue between Italy and Japan 


The Monaco Yacht Show, from September 27th to 30th, 2023 implements a new carbon neutrality plan


Edward Barber & Jay Osgerby at the Studio Casoli gallery Filicudi, Italy


Designer Sabine Marcelis reinvents Twingo


Mias Arquitectes, Daisy Umbrella Tibidabo Welcome Square, Barcelona, Spain

Linea Light Group, The Ferring Pharmaceuticals HQ, Copenhagen by Foster + Partners. ©  Nigel Young

Café della Stampa, Design and architecture discussion forums, Cersaie 2023, Bologna, Italy 


Bufalini, Nest lamp, design Paolo Ulian


Pedrali, Buddyhub, design by Busetti Garuti Redaelli


CIMENTO® Collection by Patricia Urquiola


MDF Italia, Rock Table Maxi and Mini, design Jean Marie Massaud