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

Please note that all heights shown in italics/red are estimated heights. These have been calculated based on known floor counts for the building, then extrapolated through analyzing typically hundreds of buildings of the same function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard building features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of these estimations.

Rank	Name	City	Completion	Height
1	Evergrande City Light	Ningbo	-	453.5 m / 1,488 ft
2	Petronas Twin Tower 1	Kuala Lumpur	1998	451.9 m / 1,483 ft
3	Petronas Twin Tower 2	Kuala Lumpur	1998	451.9 m / 1,483 ft
4	Two International Finance Centre	Hong Kong	2003	412 m / 1,352 ft
5	Xiaobailou Union Plaza Tower 1	Tianjin	-	400 m / 1,312 ft
6	Riverview Plaza A1	Wuhan	2021	376 m / 1,234 ft
7	Salesforce Tower	San Francisco	2018	326.1 m / 1,070 ft
8	Toranomon-Azabudai District Main Tower	Tokyo	2023	325.2 m / 1,067 ft
9	The Landmark	Abu Dhabi	2013	324 m / 1,063 ft
10	Union Park I	Toronto	-	303.2 m / 995 ft

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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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Global News

19 July 2021

Boston High-Rise Tops Out

One Congress in Boston completed vertical construction at 182.9 meters. Project completion for the 43-story building is anticipated by January 2023. The project broke ground...

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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	-	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	Two International Finance Centre	Hong Kong	2003	412 m / 1,352 ft
7	Xiaobailou Union Plaza Tower 1	Tianjin	-	400 m / 1,312 ft
8	Riverview Plaza A1	Wuhan	2021	376 m / 1,234 ft
9	15 Penn Plaza	New York City	-	371 m / 1,216 ft
10	Newpark 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	-	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	2021	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	-	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	Canada Square Tower 1	Toronto	-	255 m / 837 ft
32	Salesforce Tower	Chicago	2023	255 m / 835 ft
33	Shanghai IFC South Tower	Shanghai	2009	250 m / 820 ft
34	Torre de Cristal	Madrid	2008	249 m / 817 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	542-550 Howard Street	San Francisco	-	244 m / 800 ft
39	30 Hudson Street	Jersey City	2004	238 m / 781 ft
40	Toranomon-Azabudai District East Tower	Tokyo	2023	237 m / 778 ft
41	BB&T Tower	Winston-Salem	-	237 m / 778 ft
42	Wells Fargo Center	Minneapolis	1988	236 m / 775 ft
43	One Canada Square	London	1991	236 m / 774 ft
44	Carnegie Hall Tower	New York City	1991	231 m / 757 ft
45	Three World Financial Center	New York City	1986	225 m / 739 ft
46	Texas Tower	Houston	2021	224 m / 735 ft
47	Taikang Headquarters Building	Beijing	2021	224 m / 735 ft
48	FMC Tower at Cira Centre South	Philadelphia	2017	223 m / 730 ft
49	777 Tower	Los Angeles	1991	221 m / 725 ft
50	Vanke One City Office Tower	Shenzhen	2019	220 m / 722 ft
51	1555 Poydras	New Orleans	-	219 m / 719 ft
52	Unicredit Tower	Milan	2012	218 m / 714 ft
53	Capital Place Office Tower	Jakarta	2016	215 m / 706 ft
54	501 Congress Avenue	Austin	-	215 m / 705 ft
55	The Tower at Society Center	Hartford	-	212 m / 696 ft
56	Union Park III	Toronto	-	211 m / 691 ft
57	No. 1 Shanghai	Shanghai	2016	211 m / 691 ft
58	Hyatt Hotel at Fain Pier	Boston	-	210 m / 689 ft
59	One International Finance Centre	Hong Kong	1999	210 m / 689 ft
60	181 West Madison	Chicago	1990	207 m / 680 ft
61	South Station Tower	Boston	2024	206 m / 677 ft
62	Vietcombank Tower	Ho Chi Minh City	2015	206 m / 676 ft
63	Wolf Point East Tower	Chicago	2020	204 m / 668 ft
64	25 Canada Square	London	2002	201 m / 659 ft
65	Two World Financial Center	New York City	1986	197 m / 645 ft
66	Residences by Armani Casa	Sunny Isles Beach	2019	195 m / 639 ft
67	Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower	Tokyo	2005	192 m / 631 ft
68	Atago Green Hills Mori Tower	Tokyo	2001	187 m / 614 ft
69	Riverview Plaza A3	Wuhan	2016	186 m / 610 ft
70	Hillsborough River Tower	Tampa	-	183 m / 600 ft
71	One Congress Street Tower 2	Boston	2023	183 m / 600 ft
72	Aria Resort & Casino	Las Vegas	2009	183 m / 600 ft
73	Harbor Garage Project Residential Tower	Boston	-	183 m / 600 ft
74	1500 Louisiana Street	Houston	2002	183 m / 600 ft
75	Wood Wharf W02	London	-	182 m / 595 ft
76	Torre Sevilla	Sevilla	2016	181 m / 592 ft
77	601 West 2nd Street	Austin	2022	180 m / 589 ft
78	Museum Tower	New York City	1985	180 m / 589 ft
79	One World Financial Center	New York City	1985	176 m / 577 ft
80	555 West 38th Street	New York City	2022	174 m / 571 ft
81	Spear Tower	San Francisco	1976	172 m / 564 ft
82	Torre Iberdrola	Bilbao	2011	165 m / 541 ft
83	Union Park IV	Toronto	-	164 m / 537 ft
84	Torre Repsol YPF	Buenos Aires	2008	160 m / 525 ft
85	Torre Sofia	San Pedro Garza García	2014	158 m / 518 ft
86	Atago Green Hills Forest Tower	Tokyo	2001	157 m / 515 ft
87	1214 Fifth Avenue	New York City	2012	156 m / 513 ft
88	1 West End Avenue	New York City	2017	156 m / 513 ft
89	Riverview Plaza A2	Wuhan	2016	156 m / 512 ft
90	25 Bank Street	London	2003	153 m / 502 ft
90	40 Bank Street	London	2003	153 m / 502 ft
92	Four World Financial Center	New York City	1986	152 m / 500 ft
93	70 Trinity Place	New York City	-	152 m / 499 ft
94	Torre Libertad	Mexico City	2009	150 m / 492 ft
95	Baoland Plaza	Guangzhou	2017	149 m / 487 ft
96	6624 Fannin Tower	Houston	1990	145 m / 477 ft
97	Abeno Grand Tour	Osaka	2004	144 m / 473 ft
98	Sea Hawk Hotel & Resort	Fukuoka	1995	143 m / 469 ft
99	900 3rd Avenue	New York City	1983	143 m / 469 ft
100	100 North Main Street	Winston-Salem	1995	140 m / 460 ft
101	Nakanoshima Mitsui Building	Osaka	2002	140 m / 460 ft
102	Camargo Corporate North Tower	São Paulo	2015	139 m / 456 ft
102	Camargo Corporate South Tower	São Paulo	2016	139 m / 456 ft
104	Four Leaf Towers 1	Houston	1982	135 m / 444 ft
104	Four Leaf Towers 2	Houston	1982	135 m / 444 ft
106	NHK Osaka Hall	Osaka	2001	135 m / 443 ft
107	Cira Centre	Philadelphia	2005	133 m / 437 ft
108	68 Trinity Place	New York City	2019	132 m / 433 ft
109	Evo at Cira Centre South	Philadelphia	2014	130 m / 427 ft
110	Sede Corporativa Banco Macro	Buenos Aires	2017	130 m / 427 ft
111	Residencial del Bosque 1	Mexico City	1996	129 m / 422 ft
111	Residencial del Bosque 2	Mexico City	1997	129 m / 422 ft
113	JPMorgan Chase Building	San Francisco	2002	128 m / 420 ft
114	1330 Post Oak Boulevard	Houston	1983	128 m / 420 ft
115	NTT Shinjuku Head Office Building	Tokyo	1995	127 m / 417 ft
116	Citylights at Queens Landing	New York City	1997	125 m / 410 ft
117	475 Park Avenue South	New York City	1969	124 m / 408 ft
118	Frost Bank Tower	San Antonio	2019	122 m / 400 ft
119	Gioia 22	Milan	2021	121 m / 397 ft
120	Baosteel Shanghai Headquarters	Shanghai	2016	120 m / 392 ft
121	CHOP Roberts Center for Pediatric Research Building 1	Philadelphia	2017	114 m / 375 ft
122	The Visionaire	New York City	2008	110 m / 360 ft
123	1360 Post Oak Tower	Houston	1985	107 m / 351 ft
123	Wells Fargo Tower	Houston	1983	107 m / 351 ft
125	South Station Air Rights Development Phase 2	Boston	-	106 m / 349 ft
126	Cleveland Marriott Downtown at Key Center	Cleveland	1991	103 m / 339 ft
127	Clorox Building	Oakland	1976	101 m / 330 ft
128	North Point	Hong Kong	2017	100 m / 328 ft Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 23 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 6,204 other buildings of the same office function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of this estimation.
129	Porta Nuova Garibaldi Tower B	Milan	2012	100 m / 328 ft
130	15 Metrotech Center	New York City	2003	99 m / 325 ft
131	Gonda Building	Rochester, MN	2001	93 m / 305 ft
132	McKinney & Olive	Dallas	2016	91 m / 299 ft Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 21 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 6,204 other buildings of the same office function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of this estimation.
133	Four Seasons Hotel Jakarta	Jakarta	2016	91 m / 299 ft
134	Zurichtoren	The Hague	1999	88 m / 289 ft
135	Plaza Tower	Costa Mesa	1992	86 m / 283 ft
136	The Solaire	New York City	2003	85 m / 280 ft
137	South Station Air Rights Development Phase 3	Boston	-	85 m / 279 ft
138	Osaka Museum of History	Osaka	2001	83 m / 272 ft
139	One Century Tower	New Haven	1990	65 m / 213 ft
140	Porta Nuova Garibaldi Tower C	Milan	2012	62 m / 202 ft
141	One Park West Tower 1	Liverpool	2008	56 m / 184 ft
142	1212 Fifth Avenue	New York City	-	54 m / 177 ft
143	One Park West Tower 2	Liverpool	2008	50 m / 165 ft
144	City Tower 1	Dubai	2024	- m / - ft
145	PVN Tower	Hanoi	-	- m / - ft
146	Trump Crystal	Istanbul	-	- m / - ft
147	PVN Residential Tower	Hanoi	-	- m / - ft
148	Maral 57	Mar del Plata	-	- m / - ft
149	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*

17 Years

Most Common Function*

Office (58%), 69 Buildings

Most Common Material*

Concrete (42%), 35 Buildings

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

Function
Material

Total: 119 Buildings for which a function has been assigned.

Total: 83 Buildings for which a material has been assigned.

*Based on 119 Completed & Under Construction Buildings