NEW HAVEN, Conn. ? Architect Cesar Pelli, renowned for designing some of the world’s tallest buildings, has died, his firm said. He was 92.
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Pelli, an Argentine-American whose work ranged from skyscrapers in Malaysia and New York to an arena in Tulsa, Oklahoma, died Friday at his home in New Haven, Connecticut, said Anibal Bellomio, a senior associate architect at Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects.
Pelli’s cause of death wasn’t specified.
After growing up in Depression-era Argentina, Pelli rose to the literal heights of the architectural world. At 1,483 feet (452 metres) tall, his Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, are among the tallest buildings on the planet. News of his death prompted tributes from people including Argentine President Mauricio Macri, who tweeted that “the works he leaves throughout the world as a legacy are a pride for Argentines.”
Matt Fleury, president of the Pelli-designed Connecticut Science Center in Hartford, lauded the architect Saturday for creating “exactly the expressive, beautiful and functional structure required.”
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Pelli, a former dean of the Yale School of Architecture, saw his field as ?an eminently social art,? as he told a magazine interviewer in 2012.
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