Career Retrospective: César Pelli / [presented by] César Pelli.

Format:

Sound recording

Contributor:

Pelli, Cesar, narrator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pelli, Cesar.

Architecture, Modern--20th century.

Architecture, Modern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 audio file (31 minutes)).

Place of Publication:

London, England: Pidgeon Digital, 2006.

Summary:

Argentinian-born César Pelli is best known as the architect of the world's tallest building, Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur. The many skyscrapers he has designed also include One Canada Square in Canary Wharf, London and the Museum of Modern Art Tower in New York. In this overview of his life and career, Pelli describes gambling everything he owned to pay for his wife's airfare when he won a scholarship to the United States, working for Eero Saarinen and Victor Gruen, inventor of the shopping mall, and why architecture keeps you young at heart.

Contents:

César Pelli, 2008-César Pelli With Eero Saarinen & Model Of The TWA Terminal, 1957

Comsat Laboratories, Clarksburg, Maryland, 1967 - 1968

Kukui Housing, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1967

American Embassy, Tokyo, 1972. DMJM Architects

Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, California, 1975. Blue Building

Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, California, 1975. Green Building

Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, California, 1975. Red Building

Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, California, 1975. Red Building, Red Glass Samples

Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, California, 1975. César Pelli At The Center

César Pelli & Fred Clarke, 1981

César Pelli With Museum Of Modern Art Model, 1982

Museum Of Modern Art Tower, New York

World Financial Center, New York, 1981 - 1987

World Financial Center, New York, 1981 - 1987. Winter Gardens

César Pelli With MoMA Tower Model

Carnegie Hall Tower, New York

International Finance Center, Hong Kong

César Pelli In Miami During Construction Of The Adrienne Arsht Center For The Performing Arts, 2002

César Pelli (Right) With Partners Fred Clarke (Centre) & Son Rafael Pelli (Left), 2006.

Notes:

Title from publisher's website (viewed April 8, 2021).

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.