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I see my buildings as pieces of cities, and in my designs I try to make them into responsible and contributing citizens.

~Cesar Pelli

Topics: Buildings Cities Citizens Contributing Designs Make Pieces Responsible See Them Try I See

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I always look forward to the next project. That is one of the wonderful things about architecture - you always can hope for another project to design.

~Cesar Pelli

Topics: About Always Another Architecture Design Forward Hope Look Next Project Things Wonderful Wonderful Things You

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We are very proud of our design for the Transbay Transit Center. This will be a beautiful, functional and sustainable building for San Francisco.

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When I finished high school, I was 16, and in Argentina you have to choose a career right after high school. There is no such thing as a liberal arts education.

~Cesar Pelli

Topics: After Argentina Arts Arts Education Career Choose Education Finished High High School Liberal Liberal Arts Right School Thing You

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One of America's strengths has always been its openness to the new: both new ideas and new people.

~Cesar Pelli

Topics: Always America Been Both Ideas New New Ideas New People Openness People Strengths

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I'm particularly interested in the public role that all buildings play. I believe that we architects should try to go beyond our basic obligations to the public, and our opportunities to do so are many.

~Cesar Pelli

Topics: Architects Basic Believe Beyond Buildings Go Interested Many Obligations Opportunities Our Particularly Play Public Role Should Try I Believe I Believe That

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When I started designing in school, I discovered that I had a knack for it. I fell completely in love with architecture, and I remain in love with it.

~Cesar Pelli

Topics: Architecture Designing Discovered Fell Had Knack Love Remain School Started

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I would have loved to be the designer of the Capitol of the United States. I would love to do some important major public building.

~Cesar Pelli

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The World Trade Center was for me not only out of scale vertically, but it was also out of scale in plan. It occupied several blocks that were all massed together.

~Cesar Pelli

Topics: Also Blocks Center Me Occupied Only Out Plan Scale Several Together Trade Were World World Trade World Trade Center

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There may be some changes in building codes, but I don't see any stylistic departure that you'll be able to attribute to Sept. 11.

~Cesar Pelli

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Biography

Nationality: Argentinian

Type: Architect

Born: October 12th, 1926

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