120 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning, edges lightly soiled. Stated First Printing. Dust jacket with light edgewear. *** A monograph on the Argentine-American architect Cesar Pelli (1926-2019), who designed the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur and the World Financial Center in New York City. He studied at the University of Illinois School of Architecture, otherwise known as the American Bauhaus. *** CONTENTS: Urban Nucleus, Sunset Mountain Park; Teledyne Laboratories; Early Skins; Worldway Postal Center; Kukui Gardens; COMSAT Laboratories; San Benradino City Hall; UN City, Vienna; Commons and Courthouse Center; Security Pacific National Bank; Oakland City Center; Winter Garden and Rainbow Center Mall; Pacific Design Center; United States Embassy, Tokyo; Recent Towers; Biennale House; Museum of Modern Art; Hermann Park Towers. Size: 8vo.

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Title

Cesar Pelli

Publisher

Whitney Library of Design; Watson-Guptill Publications, New York

Publication Date

1980

Language

English

ISBN 10

0823074145

ISBN 13

9780823074143

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st.

Condition

Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition

Very Good

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Examines such projects as the COMSAT Laboratories, the Oakland City Center, the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, and the Museum of Modern Art to study the style and works of the contemporary American architect

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