Argentine-American architect César Pelli, renowned for designing landmark skyscrapers around the world, has died aged 92.
The AIA Gold medal-winning architect was best known as the designer of the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, formerly the world's tallest building.
Pelli, who was a senior principal at Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, passed away on 19 July 2019.
Along with the Petronas Towers, Pelli's most significant buildings include One Canada Square at Canary Wharf in London, World Financial Center in New York City and the National Museum of Art in Osaka.
Pelli designed the Petronas Towers, which were the tallest build in the world when they completed
Pelli was born in 1926 in Tucumán, northern Argentina. He studied architecture at the Universidad Nacional de Tucumán before moving to the United States to attend the University of Illinois School of Architecture. After graduating, Pelli joined the studio of Eero Saarinen, where he would work for ten years on projects including the TWA terminal at JFK Airport, which has recently reopened as a hotel.

In 1977 Pelli established his own firm Cesar Pelli & Associates, which he would run for the next four decades, with the name changing to Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects in 2005.
In 1995 he was awarded the AIA Gold Medal.
Pelli architect of tallest buildings
Pelli was known as a skyscraper architect and he created tall buildings in cities across the world.  The most prominent of these was the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lum...