BUENOS AIRES — Cesar Pelli, the Argentine architect and creator of Malaysia’s Petronas Towers and New York’s One World Financial Center, died Friday at the age of 92, his family said. “I want to send my condolences to the family and friends of the talented Cesar Pelli,” President Mauricio Macri wrote on Twitter. He was dean of Yale’s architecture faculty from 1977 to 1984, and counted the American Institute of Architects Gold Medal among his many accolades. His most high-profile achievement was the Petronas Towers in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur — a 452-meter high structure that was the world’s tallest building when it was completed in 1998. He also designed the International Financial Centre that towers over Hong Kong’s waterfront and the Gran Torre Santiago in Chile.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 20, 2019 04:30 UTC