César Pelli

César Pelli

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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of César Pelli has received more than 710,178 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. César Pelli is the 105th most popular architect (up from 106th in 2019), the 36th most popular biography from Argentina (up from 37th in 2019) and the most popular Argentinean Architect.

César Pellí is most famous for his work with the United Nations, where he was the head of the United Nations Development Program. He was appointed to this position in 1994.