Architect and founder of Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, located in New Haven, Connecticut. His many projects include the TWA Terminal at JFK, New York (as project designer for architect Eero Saarinen); the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, once credited as being the world's tallest building; the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, California; and the new Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall in Costa Mesa, California
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