César Pelli: Architect of Malaysia’s Petronas Towers dies at 92 (BBC)

The Argentine-American architect César Pelli, designer of the Petronas Towers in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur, has died at the age of 92.

The towers were the world’s tallest buildings at their inauguration in 1998 and kept the title for six years.

His other works included London’s One Canada Square tower and the National Museum of Art in Osaka in Japan.

Pelli’s death was reported by the governor of Argentina’s Tucuman province, where the architect grew up. Read more

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