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Design Architect
Cesar Pelli & Associates
Project Architect
Gartner, Burdick, Bauer-Nilsen, Inc.
Acoustician
Jaffe Holden Scarbrough Acoustics, Inc.
Theatre Planner
Theatre Projects Consultants
Restaurant Designer
Design Collective, Inc.
Construction Manager
Messer Construction Co.
Danis Building
Structural Engineer
THP Limited, Inc.
MEP Engineer
Heapy Engineering
Architectural Lighting Designer
Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design
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Project
Cost
$121 Million
Schuster Center
& Performance Place |
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Design
Architect |
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Cesar Pelli & Associates
Cesar Pelli & Associates is a full service
architectural practice that has worked with corporate,
government and private clients to design major
public spaces, museums, airports, laboratories,
performing arts centers, academic buildings, hotels,
office and residential towers and mixed-use projects.
The firm carefully limits the number of commissions
it accepts to ensure a high degree of personal
involvement by the Principals.
Cesar Pelli established Cesar
Pelli & Associates in New Haven, Connecticut,
in 1977, following his appointment as Dean of
the School of Architecture at Yale University
and after an already distinguished architectural
career. Additionally, Fred Clarke, also a founding
member of the firm, became a Principal in 1981.
In 1993, Rafael Pelli became a Principal. And
in 2000, a New York office was established.
Cesar Pelli & Associates seeks to produce
the best possible building for each circumstance.
The work of Cesar Pelli is not constrained by
a personal style or a signature that would limit
his architecture; instead, it tries to celebrate
the unique characteristics of each project. With
this approach, the firm has designed several exceptional
buildings in the United States and abroad. These
projects include the World Financial Center in
New York City; Canary Wharf Tower in London; North
Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center in
Charlotte; Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar
College; Aronoff Center for the Arts in Cincinnati;
NTT Headquarters in Tokyo; Petronas Towers (the
world’s tallest building) and Dewan Filharmonik
Hall in Kuala Lumpur; and, currently under construction,
the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Osaka,
Japan.
The American Institute of Architects awarded Cesar
Pelli & Associates its 1989 Firm Award in
recognition of standard-setting work in architectural
design.
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Cesar Pelli, the architect
behind the design of the Schuster Center,
avoids formalistic preconceptions in his designs.
He believes buildings should be responsible
citizens, and the aesthetic qualities of a
building should grow from the specific characteristics
of each project—its location, construction
technology and purpose. In the search for
the most appropriate response to each project,
his designs have covered a wide range of solutions
and materials.
With the Schuster Center, the goal was to
make a strong statement that Dayton is a city
moving into the future. In a 1999 interview
with the Dayton Daily News, Pelli called the
Schuster Center’s design “an exclamation
point for Dayton!”
Mr. Pelli was born in Argentina, where he
earned a Diploma in Architecture from the
University of Tucuman. He first worked in
the offices of Eero Saarinen, where he served
as Project Designer for several buildings,
including the TWA Terminal at JFK Airport
in New York and Morse and Stiles Colleges
at Yale University. After this apprenticeship,
he was Director of Design at DMJM and, later,
Partner for Design at Gruen Associates, both
in Los Angeles.
In 1977, Mr. Pelli became Dean of the Yale
University School of Architecture and also
founded Cesar Pelli & Associates. He resigned
his post as Dean in 1984, but continues to
lecture on architecture. Since the firm's
establishment, Mr. Pelli has personally originated
and directed the design of each of its projects.
Mr. Pelli has written extensively on architectural
issues, including the 1999 book Observations
for Young Architects, published by Monacelli
Press. His work has been widely published
and exhibited, with eight books and several
issues of professional journals dedicated
to his designs and theories. He has received
nine Honorary Degrees and more than 100 awards
for design excellence. He is a Fellow of the
American Institute of Architects, a member
of the American Academy of Arts and Letters,
the National Academy of Design, the International
Academy of Architecture, and l’Academie
d’Architecture de France. The American
Institute of Architects (AIA) awarded Cesar
Pelli the 1995 Gold Medal, which recognizes
a lifetime of distinguished achievement and
outstanding contributions. |
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