Designing the way forward

Pelli Clarke & Partners designs buildings and spaces that inspire and transform communities worldwide.

Based in New Haven and New York City, our Partners lead interdisciplinary teams of architects, designers, and technical experts across the globe. Diverse perspectives, focused engagement, and empathy fuel our design process.

From our founding in 1977, Cesar Pelli instilled a culture of creativity and innovation. We proudly carry this legacy forward as we redefine possibilities for living, working, and learning in a changing world.

Defining the future of placemaking

Transformative architecture is born from deep engagement with the unique circumstances of purpose and place. We work side-by-side with our clients to create buildings and spaces that embody their core values and expand possibility. The same studio team is dedicated to each project for its duration, ensuring meticulous development from start to finish.

Advancing better communities

Stewardship is the driving force behind everything we do. We have an important responsibility to design buildings and spaces that enhance people’s lives and make a positive difference in the world.

Each new building and public space is a single piece of a city — a part of a community that exists today and a part that belongs to the future. We believe successful buildings and spaces are thoughtful citizens, making sustained contributions to the culture, function, and wellbeing of the communities they serve.

A culture of intelligent collaboration

Cesar Pelli created a legacy of creativity and investigation we proudly carry forward today. Transformative architecture is achieved through a spirited exchange that encourages all participants to pose questions and contribute ideas. This rigorous but open and responsive design process began with Cesar’s insistence that we have no “signature style” and that each building must be seen as unique.

Our work today is fueled by inclusivity and collaboration — our working method is to create an energetic, inspiring environment in which diverse perspectives are fully explored.

Protecting our shared future

Sustainable principles are at the center of our design process and protect our shared future. From concept to construction, we make forward-looking decisions that respond to urgent realities of climate change and advance the resilience of cities worldwide.

Sustainability is an ecosystem of complex interrelationships that defies easy answers. We approach it as a holistic experience — for a building to be sustainable, it must be economically viable and ensure a stronger, cleaner, and healthier future for all of us.

  • First LEED Gold and Platinum residential high-rise in the United States
  • First LEED Platinum tower in Spain
  • First LEED Gold building at Yale University
World Financial Center, New York
New York, NY, USA
1988
One Canada Square and Canary Wharf
London, UK
1991
Petronas Towers
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1996
National Museum of Art Osaka
Osaka, Japan
2004
731 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY, USA
2005
Minneapolis Central Library
Minneapolis, MN, USA
2006
The Visionaire
New York, NY, USA
2008
Business Instructional Facility, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA
2008
Pacific Design Center
Los Angeles, CA, USA
2011
1214 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY, USA
2012
Brookfield Place
New York, NY, USA
2013
Porta Nuova Garibaldi & Unicredit Headquarters
Milan, Italy
2013
Gran Torre Santiago
Santiago, Chile
2014
Buerger Center for Advanced Pediatric Care
Philadelphia, PA, USA
2015
Godrej One
Vikhroli, Mumbai, India
2015
Chemical Biomolecular Engineering and Chemistry Building, The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH, USA
2015
Yale-NUS College
Singapore, Singapore
2015
George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Theater
Salt Lake City, UT, USA
2016
FMC Tower
Philadelphia, PA, USA
2016
São Paulo Corporate Towers
São Paulo, Brazil
2016
Torre Sevilla
Seville, Spain
2017
18 King Wah Road
Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
2017
Wintrust Arena
Chicago, IL, USA
2017
Roberts Center for Pediatric Research
Philadelphia, PA, USA
2017
Banco Macro
Buenos Aires, Argentina
2018
School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, Indiana University Bloomington
Bloomington, IN, USA
2018
Salesforce Tower
San Francisco, CA, USA
2018
Salesforce Transit Center
San Francisco, CA, USA
2018
Goldring/Woldenberg Complex at Tulane University
New Orleans, LA, USA
2018
Alexander Court
Washington, D.C., USA
2018
Yale Science Building
New Haven, CT, USA
2019
American Airlines Headquarters
Fort Worth, TX, USA
2019
Trinity Commons
New York, NY, USA
2020
Wolf Point East
Chicago, IL, USA
2020
The Centrale
New York, NY, USA
2021
Texas Tower
Houston, TX, USA
2021
Chengdu Museum of Natural History
Chengdu, China
2022
2100 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D.C., USA
2022
Lyra
New York, NY, USA
2022
Hotel Jen Qianhai
Shenzhen, China
2022
Gioia 22
Milan, Italy
2022
Azabudai Hills
Tokyo, Japan
2023
Salesforce Tower Chicago
Chicago, IL, USA
2023
Lola Mora Cultural Center
Jujuy, Argentina
2023
One Congress at Bulfinch Crossing
Boston, MA, USA
2023
Parcel F
San Francisco, CA, USA
2024
Boston South Station
Boston, MA, USA
2025
Ningbo East New Town
Ningbo, China
2025
171 Dartmouth Street
Boston, MA, USA
2025
Atrium Place
Gurugram, India
2025
City Tower One
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2026
Jiangbei Financial Center Tower
Nanjing, China
2026
Union Park
Toronto, ON, Canada
2028

Studio

Partners

Associate Principals

Senior Associates

Associates

  • Alejandra Alonso

  • Shantal Chahin

  • Patrick Cheah

  • Ryan DeSilva, Associate AIA

  • Ingrid Liu, AIA, LEED AP BD+C

  • Antonio Medina, Associate AIA

  • Sam Park

  • Claudio Perez

  • Elizabeth Pierce

  • Arman Salemi

  • Javier Sols

  • Tianhui Zhang

Designers

  • Brandon Brooks

  • Nun Cungbik

  • Michael Delgado

  • Shelby Dolan

  • Aida Muhibic

  • Kyle O'Quinn

  • Paulette Pascarella

  • Shangfeng Rao

  • Wenzhu Shentu

  • Olivia Sklyarova

  • Chen Xiang

  • Hao Xu

  • Hannah Yang

Preceptees

  • Valerie Elizondo

  • Campbell Chandler

Marketing and Communications

  • Max Waldman

    Director of Business Development and Communications

  • Sharif Aggour

    Senior Marketing Coordinator

  • Nicole Bouchard

    Marketing Coordinator

  • Nicholas Clinton

    Senior Graphic Designer

  • Lucky Coffey

    Communications Coordinator

Office Staff

  • Kim DiRaffaele

    Controller

  • Betsey Dunham

    Counsel

  • Mya Freeman

  • Jim Martin

    Facilities Manager

  • Jim Owens

    IT Manager

  • Heather Pumphrey

    Project Accountant

  • Stephanie Rideout

    HR Coordinator

  • Sara Rubenstein

    Director of Operations

  • Regina Spivey

    Studio Manager, New York

  • Cynthia Trotta

    Executive Assistant

China — Directors

China — Project Managers

  • Chen Chen

  • Wei Han

  • Chen Huang

  • Jun Park

  • Ke Tang

China — Senior Designers

  • Bruce He

  • Kuan Liu

  • Yibo Zhong

China — Designers

  • Tianyuan Deng

  • Yiqing Tong

  • Haiying Wang

  • Xiaoling Wang

China — Office Staff

  • Sophia Shi

  • Wendy Wang

  • Mengxuan Zou

Japan — Affiliated Office

  • Jun Mitsui, AIA, JIA

    Founder, Jun Mitsui & Associates Inc. Architects

Founders

Awards

Design excellence is the ethos that drives our work. We have been internationally recognized with nearly 500 awards in shaping transformational architecture, including over 90 design awards from national, regional, and local chapters of the American Institute of Architects (AIA).

Selected awards

  • American Institute of Architects: Firm Award
  • American Institute for Architects: Gold Medal to Cesar Pelli
  • Aga Khan Award for Architecture
  • Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat: Best tall building worldwide

Bibliography

  • A+U Architecture and Urbanism April 2023 Special Issue

    Feature Pelli Clarke & Partners.
    Published by A+U Publishing Co., Ltd. 2023

  • Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects - Birkhäuser

    by Michael J. Crosbie and Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects
    Basel, Switzerland: Birkhäuser

  • Curtain Walls - Recent Developments by Cesar Pelli & Associates

    by Michael J. Crosbie, Cesar Pelli, Cesar Pelli and Associates
    Basel, Switzerland: Birkhäuser

  • Perform - Designing for the Performing Arts

    by Ted Whitten and Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects
    Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia: The Images Publishing Group

  • Observations for Young Architects

    by Cesar Pelli
    New York, NY: The Monacelli Press

  • Pelli: Life in Architecture

    by Michael J. Crosbie and Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects

  • Sections Through a Practice Cesar Pelli & Associates

    by Hiroyuki Suzuki and Cesar Pelli
    Hatje Cantz Publishers, Bilingual edition

Careers

We are always looking for talented people to join our team. We have employment opportunities in our New Haven, New York, Shanghai, and Shenzhen offices.

Please contact employmentNH@pcparch.com for the New Haven, Shanghai, and Shenzhen offices and employmentNYC@pcparch.com for the New York office.

Emails should include a resume and work samples.