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 Read Quote
Too many architects are just trying to make all of their buildings look like a brand, and that may be good for business, but that is terrible for the cities because they lose character. If I go to Paris, I go to see the beauty of Paris and the coherence of Paris. Cesar Pelli Read Quote
When one deals with urban issues, one never deals with clear black-and-white issues; they’re all trade-offs. Important urban issues present conflicting values. Cesar Pelli Read Quote
I’m a very good listener, and I’m not interested in having fights simply for a question of protocol or vanity. Cesar Pelli Read Quote
I had come from Los Angeles – I had been there a partner of Gruen Associates, a large Los Angeles firm – and when the possibility of becoming a dean at Yale came, it was a very appropriate moment in my life. I was interested in a number of issues that I could not pursue while in a firm like Gruen’s. Cesar Pelli Read Quote
I’d never known of an architect as a young man. I think there was only one architect in Tucuman. Cesar Pelli Read Quote
I’m a bad customer for my own buildings! If I’m choosing an apartment, I choose one about five or six stories high so that I can see the people, the trees, and the world on the street. Beyond that, I lose contact with the ground! Cesar Pelli Read Quote
The truth is I don’t really know where my own interest in tall buildings really comes from. It cannot come from my hometown because there were no tall buildings there! Cesar Pelli Read Quote
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 Read Quote
We are very proud of our design for the Transbay Transit Center. This will be a beautiful, functional and sustainable building for San Francisco. Cesar Pelli Read Quote
