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	Petronas Twin Tower 1	Kuala Lumpur	1998	451.9 m / 1,483 ft
2	Petronas Twin Tower 2	Kuala Lumpur	1998	451.9 m / 1,483 ft
3	Two International Finance Centre	Hong Kong	2003	412 m / 1,352 ft
4	Xiaobailou Union Plaza Tower 1	Tianjin	-	400 m / 1,312 ft
5	1 Corporate Avenue	Wuhan	2021	376 m / 1,234 ft
6	Shanghai International Trade Center Tower 1	Shanghai	2023	370 m / 1,214 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

17 August 2021

Sailboat-Inspired Office Building Tops Out in Austin

Block 185, a 35-floor downtown Austin office tower, has topped out at 179.5 meters. Located at 601 West Second Street, the building with a silhouette...

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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	1 Corporate Avenue	Wuhan	2021	376 m / 1,234 ft
9	15 Penn Plaza	New York City	-	371 m / 1,216 ft
10	Shanghai International Trade Center Tower 1	Shanghai	2023	370 m / 1,214 ft
11	Newpark Tower 1	Dallas	-	342 m / 1,121 ft
12	Salesforce Tower	San Francisco	2018	326 m / 1,070 ft
13	Toranomon-Azabudai District Main Tower	Tokyo	2023	325 m / 1,067 ft
14	The Landmark	Abu Dhabi	2013	324 m / 1,063 ft
15	Columbus Circle Project	New York City	-	320 m / 1,050 ft
16	Peachtree Triangle	Atlanta	-	306 m / 1,004 ft
17	Union Park I	Toronto	-	303 m / 995 ft
18	Torre Costanera	Santiago	2014	300 m / 984 ft
19	Abeno Harukas	Osaka	2014	300 m / 984 ft
20	Key Tower	Cleveland	1991	289 m / 947 ft
21	Cheung Kong Centre	Hong Kong	1999	283 m / 928 ft
22	Torre Mitikah	Mexico City	2021	267 m / 877 ft
23	Petronas Tower 3	Kuala Lumpur	2012	267 m / 876 ft
24	Bank of America Corporate Center	Charlotte	1992	266 m / 871 ft
25	Star Harbor International Centre East Tower	Shanghai	2018	263 m / 863 ft
25	Star Harbor International Centre West Tower	Shanghai	2018	263 m / 863 ft
27	Toranomon-Azabudai District West Tower	Tokyo	2023	263 m / 862 ft
28	Union Park II	Toronto	-	262 m / 859 ft
29	Shanghai IFC North Tower	Shanghai	2010	260 m / 853 ft
30	Central International Plaza East Tower	Xuzhou	-	259 m / 850 ft
31	Central International Plaza West Tower	Xuzhou	-	259 m / 850 ft
32	Canada Square Tower 1	Toronto	-	255 m / 837 ft
33	Salesforce Tower	Chicago	2023	255 m / 835 ft
34	Shanghai IFC South Tower	Shanghai	2009	250 m / 820 ft
35	Torre de Cristal	Madrid	2008	249 m / 817 ft
36	Bloomberg Tower	New York City	2004	246 m / 806 ft
37	Ocean Financial Centre	Singapore	2011	245 m / 804 ft
38	The Centrale	New York City	2019	245 m / 803 ft
39	542-550 Howard Street	San Francisco	-	244 m / 800 ft
40	30 Hudson Street	Jersey City	2004	238 m / 781 ft
41	Toranomon-Azabudai District East Tower	Tokyo	2023	237 m / 778 ft
42	BB&T Tower	Winston-Salem	-	237 m / 778 ft
43	Wells Fargo Center	Minneapolis	1988	236 m / 775 ft
44	One Canada Square	London	1991	236 m / 774 ft
45	Carnegie Hall Tower	New York City	1991	231 m / 757 ft
46	Three World Financial Center	New York City	1986	225 m / 739 ft
47	Texas Tower	Houston	2021	224 m / 735 ft
48	Taikang Headquarters Building	Beijing	2021	224 m / 735 ft
49	FMC Tower at Cira Centre South	Philadelphia	2017	223 m / 730 ft
50	777 Tower	Los Angeles	1991	221 m / 725 ft
51	Vanke One City Office Tower	Shenzhen	2019	220 m / 722 ft
52	COLI Huanchen Tower	Kunming	2022	220 m / 722 ft
53	Shanghai International Trade Center Tower 2	Shanghai	2023	220 m / 722 ft
54	1555 Poydras	New Orleans	-	219 m / 719 ft
55	Unicredit Tower	Milan	2012	218 m / 714 ft
56	Capital Place Office Tower	Jakarta	2016	215 m / 706 ft
57	501 Congress Avenue	Austin	-	215 m / 705 ft
58	The Tower at Society Center	Hartford	-	212 m / 696 ft
59	Union Park III	Toronto	-	211 m / 691 ft
60	No. 1 Shanghai	Shanghai	2016	211 m / 691 ft
61	Hyatt Hotel at Fain Pier	Boston	-	210 m / 689 ft
62	One International Finance Centre	Hong Kong	1999	210 m / 689 ft
63	181 West Madison	Chicago	1990	207 m / 680 ft
64	South Station Tower	Boston	2024	206 m / 677 ft
65	Vietcombank Tower	Ho Chi Minh City	2015	206 m / 676 ft
66	Wolf Point East Tower	Chicago	2020	204 m / 668 ft
67	25 Canada Square	London	2002	201 m / 659 ft
68	Two World Financial Center	New York City	1986	197 m / 645 ft
69	Residences by Armani Casa	Sunny Isles Beach	2019	195 m / 639 ft
70	Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower	Tokyo	2005	192 m / 631 ft
71	Atago Green Hills Mori Tower	Tokyo	2001	187 m / 614 ft
72	Riverview Plaza A3	Wuhan	2016	186 m / 610 ft
73	Hillsborough River Tower	Tampa	-	183 m / 600 ft
74	One Congress Street Tower 2	Boston	2023	183 m / 600 ft
75	Aria Resort & Casino	Las Vegas	2009	183 m / 600 ft
76	Harbor Garage Project Residential Tower	Boston	-	183 m / 600 ft
77	1500 Louisiana Street	Houston	2002	183 m / 600 ft
78	Wood Wharf W02	London	-	182 m / 595 ft
79	Torre Sevilla	Sevilla	2016	181 m / 592 ft
80	Block 185	Austin	2022	180 m / 589 ft
81	Museum Tower	New York City	1985	180 m / 589 ft
82	One World Financial Center	New York City	1985	176 m / 577 ft
83	555 West 38th Street	New York City	2022	174 m / 571 ft
84	Spear Tower	San Francisco	1976	172 m / 564 ft
85	Torre Iberdrola	Bilbao	2011	165 m / 541 ft
86	Union Park IV	Toronto	-	164 m / 537 ft
87	Torre Repsol YPF	Buenos Aires	2008	160 m / 525 ft
88	Torre Sofia	San Pedro Garza García	2014	158 m / 518 ft
89	Atago Green Hills Forest Tower	Tokyo	2001	157 m / 515 ft
90	1214 Fifth Avenue	New York City	2012	156 m / 513 ft
91	1 West End Avenue	New York City	2017	156 m / 513 ft
92	Riverview Plaza A2	Wuhan	2016	156 m / 512 ft
93	25 Bank Street	London	2003	153 m / 502 ft
93	40 Bank Street	London	2003	153 m / 502 ft
95	Four World Financial Center	New York City	1986	152 m / 500 ft
96	70 Trinity Place	New York City	-	152 m / 499 ft
97	Torre Libertad	Mexico City	2009	150 m / 492 ft
98	Baoland Plaza	Guangzhou	2017	149 m / 487 ft
99	6624 Fannin Tower	Houston	1990	145 m / 477 ft
100	Abeno Grand Tour	Osaka	2004	144 m / 473 ft
101	Sea Hawk Hotel & Resort	Fukuoka	1995	143 m / 469 ft
102	900 3rd Avenue	New York City	1983	143 m / 469 ft
103	100 North Main Street	Winston-Salem	1995	140 m / 460 ft
104	Nakanoshima Mitsui Building	Osaka	2002	140 m / 460 ft
105	Camargo Corporate North Tower	São Paulo	2015	139 m / 456 ft
105	Camargo Corporate South Tower	São Paulo	2016	139 m / 456 ft
107	Four Leaf Towers 1	Houston	1982	135 m / 444 ft
107	Four Leaf Towers 2	Houston	1982	135 m / 444 ft
109	NHK Osaka Hall	Osaka	2001	135 m / 443 ft
110	Cira Centre	Philadelphia	2005	133 m / 437 ft
111	68 Trinity Place	New York City	2019	132 m / 433 ft
112	Evo at Cira Centre South	Philadelphia	2014	130 m / 427 ft
113	Sede Corporativa Banco Macro	Buenos Aires	2017	130 m / 427 ft
114	Residencial del Bosque 1	Mexico City	1996	129 m / 422 ft
114	Residencial del Bosque 2	Mexico City	1997	129 m / 422 ft
116	JPMorgan Chase Building	San Francisco	2002	128 m / 420 ft
117	1330 Post Oak Boulevard	Houston	1983	128 m / 420 ft
118	NTT Shinjuku Head Office Building	Tokyo	1995	127 m / 417 ft
119	Citylights at Queens Landing	New York City	1997	125 m / 410 ft
120	475 Park Avenue South	New York City	1969	124 m / 408 ft
121	Frost Bank Tower	San Antonio	2019	122 m / 400 ft
122	Gioia 22	Milan	2021	121 m / 397 ft
123	Baosteel Shanghai Headquarters	Shanghai	2016	120 m / 392 ft
124	CHOP Roberts Center for Pediatric Research Building 1	Philadelphia	2017	114 m / 375 ft
125	The Visionaire	New York City	2008	110 m / 360 ft
126	1360 Post Oak Tower	Houston	1985	107 m / 351 ft
126	Wells Fargo Tower	Houston	1983	107 m / 351 ft
128	South Station Air Rights Development Phase 2	Boston	-	106 m / 349 ft
129	Cleveland Marriott Downtown at Key Center	Cleveland	1991	103 m / 339 ft
130	Clorox Building	Oakland	1976	101 m / 330 ft
131	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 6,275 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.
132	Porta Nuova Garibaldi Tower B	Milan	2012	100 m / 328 ft
133	15 Metrotech Center	New York City	2003	99 m / 325 ft
134	Shenzhen Kerry Hotel Jen	Shenzhen	2021	96 m / 315 ft
135	Gonda Building	Rochester, MN	2001	93 m / 305 ft
136	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 6,275 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.
137	Four Seasons Hotel Jakarta	Jakarta	2016	91 m / 299 ft
138	Zurichtoren	The Hague	1999	88 m / 289 ft
139	Plaza Tower	Costa Mesa	1992	86 m / 283 ft
140	The Solaire	New York City	2003	85 m / 280 ft
141	South Station Air Rights Development Phase 3	Boston	-	85 m / 279 ft
142	Osaka Museum of History	Osaka	2001	83 m / 272 ft
143	One Century Tower	New Haven	1990	65 m / 213 ft
144	Porta Nuova Garibaldi Tower C	Milan	2012	62 m / 202 ft
145	One Park West Tower 1	Liverpool	2008	56 m / 184 ft
146	1212 Fifth Avenue	New York City	-	54 m / 177 ft
147	One Park West Tower 2	Liverpool	2008	50 m / 165 ft
148	City Tower 1	Dubai	2024	- m / - ft
149	PVN Tower	Hanoi	-	- m / - ft
150	Trump Crystal	Istanbul	-	- m / - ft
151	PVN Residential Tower	Hanoi	-	- m / - ft
152	Maral 57	Mar del Plata	-	- m / - ft
153	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 (60%), 73 Buildings

Most Common Material*

Concrete (40%), 35 Buildings

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

Function
Material

Total: 122 Buildings for which a function has been assigned.

Total: 87 Buildings for which a material has been assigned.

*Based on 122 Completed & Under Construction Buildings