Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects

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Member Since: 1994

Member Offices: New Haven

From the World Financial Center in New York to the Petronas Towers in Malaysia and the International Finance Centre in Hong Kong, Pelli Clarke Pelli has had the great fortune to design many prestigious projects.

Their portfolio includes retail and mixed-use projects, academic buildings, libraries, museums, research centers, residences and master plans, and they have served private clients, businesses, institutions and government agencies.

Their work has received critical acclaim and hundreds of design awards, including the American Institute of Architects’ Firm Award, the highest honor for an architectural practice. In 1995, the American Institute of Architects awarded Cesar Pelli the Gold Medal, its highest honor for an individual. In 2004, the firm was given the Aga Khan Award for Architecture for the Petronas Towers.

Fields of Expertise

Architecture; Interior Design; Urban Design

Membership details

Membership Level

Gold

Member Since

1994

Member Offices

New Haven

Buildings

Rank	Name	City	Completion	Height
1	Evergrande City Light	Ningbo	2023	453.5 m / 1,488 ft
2	Petronas Twin Tower 2	Kuala Lumpur	1998	451.9 m / 1,483 ft
3	Riverview Plaza A1	Wuhan	2021	436 m / 1,430 ft
4	Two International Finance Centre	Hong Kong	2003	412 m / 1,352 ft
5	Dallas Smart District Tower 1	Dallas	-	341.7 m / 1,121 ft
6	Salesforce Tower	San Francisco	2018	326.1 m / 1,070 ft
7	Toranomon-Azabudai District Main Tower	Tokyo	2023	325.2 m / 1,067 ft
8	The Landmark	Abu Dhabi	2013	324 m / 1,063 ft
9	Union Park I	Toronto	2023	303.2 m / 995 ft
10	Torre Costanera	Santiago	2014	300 m / 984 ft

Building Completions Timeline

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Videos

31 October 2017

Interview: Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects

Fred Clarke, Aïcha Woods & Mark Shoemaker of Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects are interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2017 CTBUH Australia Conference.

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Research

01 March 2018

Realized Value Creation; New Construction in Constrained Urban In-Fill Sites

The Case Study prepared by PCPA and Lift Group will identify a growing development problem in urban areas; high value project sites that are restrictive...

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Research

30 October 2017

Connecting the City: People, Density & Infrastructure

The future of humanity on this planet relies on the collective benefits of urban density; reducing both land consumption and the energy needed to construct...

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Associated companies

Formerly Named

Cesar Pelli & Associates

Formerly Named

Cesar Pelli & Associates

Rank	Name	City	Completion	Height
1	Argentine Federale Building	Buenos Aires	-	610 m / 2,001 ft
2	Miglin-Beitler Skyneedle	Chicago	-	610 m / 2,000 ft
3	Evergrande City Light	Ningbo	2023	454 m / 1,488 ft
4	Petronas Twin Tower 1	Kuala Lumpur	1998	452 m / 1,483 ft
4	Petronas Twin Tower 2	Kuala Lumpur	1998	452 m / 1,483 ft
6	Riverview Plaza A1	Wuhan	2021	436 m / 1,430 ft
7	Two International Finance Centre	Hong Kong	2003	412 m / 1,352 ft
8	Xiaobailou Union Plaza Tower 1	Tianjin	-	400 m / 1,312 ft
9	15 Penn Plaza	New York City	-	371 m / 1,216 ft
10	Dallas Smart District Tower 1	Dallas	-	342 m / 1,121 ft
11	Salesforce Tower	San Francisco	2018	326 m / 1,070 ft
12	Toranomon-Azabudai District Main Tower	Tokyo	2023	325 m / 1,067 ft
13	The Landmark	Abu Dhabi	2013	324 m / 1,063 ft
14	Columbus Circle Project	New York City	-	320 m / 1,050 ft
15	Peachtree Triangle	Atlanta	-	306 m / 1,004 ft
16	Union Park I	Toronto	2023	303 m / 995 ft
17	Torre Costanera	Santiago	2014	300 m / 984 ft
18	Abeno Harukas	Osaka	2014	300 m / 984 ft
19	Key Tower	Cleveland	1991	289 m / 947 ft
20	Cheung Kong Centre	Hong Kong	1999	283 m / 928 ft
21	Torre Mitikah	Mexico City	2020	267 m / 877 ft
22	Petronas Tower 3	Kuala Lumpur	2012	267 m / 876 ft
23	Bank of America Corporate Center	Charlotte	1992	266 m / 871 ft
24	Star Harbor International Centre East Tower	Shanghai	2018	263 m / 863 ft
24	Star Harbor International Centre West Tower	Shanghai	2018	263 m / 863 ft
26	Toranomon-Azabudai District West Tower	Tokyo	2023	263 m / 862 ft
27	Union Park II	Toronto	2023	262 m / 859 ft
28	Shanghai IFC North Tower	Shanghai	2010	260 m / 853 ft
29	Central International Plaza East Tower	Xuzhou	-	259 m / 850 ft
30	Central International Plaza West Tower	Xuzhou	-	259 m / 850 ft
31	Salesforce Tower	Chicago	2023	255 m / 835 ft
32	Shanghai IFC South Tower	Shanghai	2009	250 m / 820 ft
33	Torre de Cristal	Madrid	2008	249 m / 817 ft
34	542-550 Howard Street	San Francisco	-	246 m / 806 ft
35	Bloomberg Tower	New York City	2004	246 m / 806 ft
36	Ocean Financial Centre	Singapore	2011	245 m / 804 ft
37	The Centrale	New York City	2019	245 m / 803 ft
38	30 Hudson Street	Jersey City	2004	238 m / 781 ft
39	Toranomon-Azabudai District East Tower	Tokyo	2023	237 m / 778 ft
40	BB&T Tower	Winston-Salem	-	237 m / 778 ft
41	Wells Fargo Center	Minneapolis	1988	236 m / 775 ft
42	One Canada Square	London	1991	236 m / 774 ft
43	Carnegie Hall Tower	New York City	1991	231 m / 757 ft
44	Three World Financial Center	New York City	1986	225 m / 739 ft
45	Texas Tower	Houston	2021	224 m / 735 ft
46	FMC Tower at Cira Centre South	Philadelphia	2017	223 m / 730 ft
47	777 Tower	Los Angeles	1991	221 m / 725 ft
48	Vanke One City Office Tower	Shenzhen	2019	220 m / 722 ft
49	1555 Poydras	New Orleans	-	219 m / 719 ft
50	Unicredit Tower	Milan	2012	218 m / 714 ft
51	Capital Place Office Tower	Jakarta	2016	215 m / 706 ft
52	501 Congress Avenue	Austin	-	215 m / 705 ft
53	The Tower at Society Center	Hartford	-	212 m / 696 ft
54	Union Park III	Toronto	2023	211 m / 691 ft
55	No. 1 Shanghai	Shanghai	2016	211 m / 691 ft
56	Hyatt Hotel at Fain Pier	Boston	-	210 m / 689 ft
57	One International Finance Centre	Hong Kong	1999	210 m / 689 ft
58	181 West Madison	Chicago	1990	207 m / 680 ft
59	South Station Tower	Boston	2024	206 m / 677 ft
60	Vietcombank Tower	Ho Chi Minh City	2015	206 m / 676 ft
61	Wolf Point East Tower	Chicago	2020	204 m / 668 ft
62	25 Canada Square	London	2002	201 m / 659 ft
63	Residences by Armani Casa	Sunny Isles Beach	2019	198 m / 649 ft
64	Two World Financial Center	New York City	1986	197 m / 645 ft
65	Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower	Tokyo	2005	192 m / 631 ft
66	Atago Green Hills Mori Tower	Tokyo	2001	187 m / 614 ft
67	Riverview Plaza A3	Wuhan	2016	186 m / 610 ft
68	Hillsborough River Tower	Tampa	-	183 m / 600 ft
69	Aria Resort & Casino	Las Vegas	2009	183 m / 600 ft
70	Harbor Garage Project Residential Tower	Boston	-	183 m / 600 ft
71	1500 Louisiana Street	Houston	2002	183 m / 600 ft
72	Wood Wharf W02	London	-	182 m / 595 ft
73	Torre Sevilla	Sevilla	2016	181 m / 592 ft
74	601 West 2nd Street	Austin	2022	180 m / 589 ft
75	Museum Tower	New York City	1985	180 m / 589 ft
76	One World Financial Center	New York City	1985	176 m / 577 ft
77	555 West 38th Street	New York City	2022	174 m / 571 ft
78	Spear Tower	San Francisco	1976	172 m / 564 ft
79	Torre Iberdrola	Bilbao	2011	165 m / 541 ft
80	Union Park IV	Toronto	2023	164 m / 537 ft
81	One Congress Street Tower 2	Boston	2022	161 m / 528 ft
82	Torre Repsol YPF	Buenos Aires	2008	160 m / 525 ft
83	Torre Sofia	San Pedro Garza García	2014	158 m / 518 ft
84	Atago Green Hills Forest Tower	Tokyo	2001	157 m / 515 ft
85	1214 Fifth Avenue	New York City	2012	156 m / 513 ft
86	1 West End Avenue	New York City	2017	156 m / 513 ft
87	Riverview Plaza A2	Wuhan	2016	156 m / 512 ft
88	25 Bank Street	London	2003	153 m / 502 ft
88	40 Bank Street	London	2003	153 m / 502 ft
90	Four World Financial Center	New York City	1986	152 m / 500 ft
91	70 Trinity Place	New York City	-	152 m / 499 ft
92	Torre Libertad	Mexico City	2009	150 m / 492 ft
93	The O'Quinn Medical Tower at St. Luke's	Houston	1990	145 m / 477 ft
94	Abeno Grand Tour	Osaka	2004	144 m / 473 ft
95	Sea Hawk Hotel & Resort	Fukuoka	1995	143 m / 469 ft
96	900 3rd Avenue	New York City	1983	143 m / 469 ft
97	100 North Main Street	Winston-Salem	1995	140 m / 460 ft
98	Nakanoshima Mitsui Building	Osaka	2002	140 m / 460 ft
99	Camargo Corporate North Tower	São Paulo	2015	139 m / 456 ft
99	Camargo Corporate South Tower	São Paulo	2016	139 m / 456 ft
101	Four Leaf Towers 1	Houston	1982	135 m / 444 ft
101	Four Leaf Towers 2	Houston	1982	135 m / 444 ft
103	NHK Osaka Hall	Osaka	2001	135 m / 443 ft
104	Cira Centre	Philadelphia	2005	133 m / 437 ft
105	68 Trinity Place	New York City	2019	132 m / 433 ft
106	Evo at Cira Centre South	Philadelphia	2014	130 m / 427 ft
107	Sede Corporativa Banco Macro	Buenos Aires	2017	130 m / 427 ft
108	Residencial del Bosque 1	Mexico City	1996	129 m / 422 ft
108	Residencial del Bosque 2	Mexico City	1997	129 m / 422 ft
110	JPMorgan Chase Building	San Francisco	2002	128 m / 420 ft
111	1330 Post Oak Boulevard	Houston	1983	128 m / 420 ft
112	NTT Shinjuku Head Office Building	Tokyo	1995	127 m / 417 ft
113	Citylights at Queens Landing	New York City	1997	125 m / 410 ft
114	475 Park Avenue South	New York City	1969	124 m / 408 ft
115	Frost Bank Tower	San Antonio	2019	122 m / 400 ft
116	Gioia 22	Milan	2021	121 m / 397 ft
117	CHOP Research Tower	Philadelphia	2017	114 m / 375 ft
118	The Visionaire	New York City	2008	110 m / 360 ft
119	1360 Post Oak Tower	Houston	1985	107 m / 351 ft
119	Wells Fargo Tower	Houston	1983	107 m / 351 ft
121	South Station Air Rights Development Phase 2	Boston	-	106 m / 349 ft
122	Cleveland Marriott Downtown at Key Center	Cleveland	1991	103 m / 339 ft
123	Clorox Building	Oakland	1976	101 m / 330 ft
124	North Point	Hong Kong	2017	100 m / 328 ft
125	Porta Nuova Garibaldi Tower B	Milan	2012	100 m / 328 ft
126	15 Metrotech Center	New York City	2003	99 m / 325 ft
127	Gonda Building	Rochester, MN	2001	93 m / 305 ft
128	McKinney & Olive	Dallas	2016	91 m / 299 ft
129	Four Seasons Hotel Jakarta	Jakarta	2016	91 m / 299 ft
130	Zurichtoren	The Hague	1999	88 m / 289 ft
131	Plaza Tower	Costa Mesa	1992	86 m / 283 ft
132	The Solaire	New York City	2003	85 m / 280 ft
133	South Station Air Rights Development Phase 3	Boston	-	85 m / 279 ft
134	Osaka Museum of History	Osaka	2001	83 m / 272 ft
135	One Century Tower	New Haven	1990	65 m / 213 ft
136	Porta Nuova Garibaldi Tower C	Milan	2012	62 m / 202 ft
137	One Park West Tower 1	Liverpool	2008	56 m / 184 ft
138	1212 Fifth Avenue	New York City	-	54 m / 177 ft
139	One Park West Tower 2	Liverpool	2008	50 m / 165 ft
140	City Tower 1	Dubai	2024	- m / - ft
141	PVN Tower	Hanoi	-	- m / - ft
142	Trump Crystal	Istanbul	-	- m / - ft
143	PVN Residential Tower	Hanoi	-	- m / - ft
144	Maral 57	Mar del Plata	-	- m / - ft
145	Buerger Center for Advanced Pediatric Care, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia	Philadelphia	2015	- m / - ft

Statistics

150 m+ Buildings

300 m+ Buildings

Average Building Age*

21 Years

Most Common Function*

Office (57%), 63 Buildings

Most Common Material*

Concrete (43%), 33 Buildings

* Based on 150 m+ buildings currently in the database.

Function
Material

Total: 110 Buildings for which a function has been assigned.

Total: 76 Buildings for which a material has been assigned.

*Based on 111 Completed & Under Construction Buildings

Building Completions Timeline

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31 October 2017 | Sydney

Interview: Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects

Fred Clarke, Aïcha Woods & Mark Shoemaker of Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects are interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2017 CTBUH Australia Conference.

30 October 2017 | Sydney

Humanizing Infrastructure: How Large-Scale, Transit-Based Urban Design Contributes to a Vibrant City

This presentation addressed the benefits of transit-based urban infrastructure development. In particular, it discusses the ways large-scale infrastructure can be humanized, making it open, friendly,...

30 October 2017 | Sydney

CTBUH 2017 Australia Conference - Session 4A: Connected Buildings and Urban Mobility

Ame Engelhart, Director - Hong Kong, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, chairs the question and answer session with Fred Clarke, Senior Design Principal, Pelli Clarke...

04 February 2010 | Mumbai

The Re-making of Mumbai: Search for an Appropriate Skyscraper Response

In the early part of 2009, twelve students from the Illinois Institute of Technology, under the tutelage of Professor Antony Wood and working together with...

20 November 2008 | Chicago

Interview: Pelli Clarke Pelli

Larry Ng, of Pelli Clarke Pelli, is interviewed by Jeff Herzer at the CTBUH Headquarters at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago. The interview was...

Research

01 March 2018

Realized Value Creation; New Construction in Constrained Urban In-Fill Sites

Nathaniel C. Hadley, Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects; Charles H. Thornton, 2Lift Group LLC

The Case Study prepared by PCPA and Lift Group will identify a growing development problem in urban areas; high value project sites that are restrictive...

30 October 2017

Connecting the City: People, Density & Infrastructure

CTBUH 2017 Conference Speakers

The future of humanity on this planet relies on the collective benefits of urban density; reducing both land consumption and the energy needed to construct...

16 October 2005

An Aesthetics of Sustainability

Lawrence S. Ng, Cesar Pelli & Associates

Cesar Pelli recently completed the design of two tall buildings: one in Madrid and one in the United Arab Emirates, both extreme climatic conditions. Both...

20 October 2003

Life Safety System Design for the Petronas Twin Towers

Lawrence S. Ng, Cesar Pelli & Associates

One of the early design meetings of the Petronas Twin Towers was held in New York on the date of the first explosion at the...

CTBUH Initiatives Involving Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects

CTBUH Chicago FLC Presents: Wolf Point East

16 December 2020

The CTBUH Chicago Future Leaders Committee held a virtual presentation on Wolf Point East, the second tower in a series of three, situated on the historic Wolf Point site in Chicago.

Skybridges: Bringing the Horizontal into the Vertical Realm

02 July 2020

This symposium gathered many successful practitioners sharing their experiences and discussing the recreation of the urban realm in the sky through connections between buildings at height.

CTBUH 2016 Conference Silver+ Sponsor

16–21 October 2016

Cities to Megacities: Shaping Dense Vertical Urbanism takes place progressively across three Chinese cities: Shenzhen, Guangzhou, and Hong Kong.

Top Company Rankings: The World’s 100 Tallest Buildings

13 October 2016

The Council is pleased to announce the Top Company Rankings for numerous disciplines as derived from the list of projects appearing in 100 of the World’s Tallest Buildings.

Warm Weather Spaces Walking Tours 2015

17 September 2015

The CTBUH Urban Habitat / Urban Design Committee organized guided walking tours of 16 cities around the globe, focusing on urban habitats around tall buildings.

Seven Cities Winter Spaces Walking Tour

29 January 2015

The new CTBUH Urban Habitat / Urban Design Committee organized a highly successful Winter Spaces Walking Tour in seven cities around the world.

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