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You said Pelli is "world class", but a more accurate characterization would be that he is one of the 5 or 10 most famous architects in the world. Ever hear of the Petronas Towers in Malaysia?

is there any difference between calling Pelli "world class" and one of the "most famous architects in the world"?

Pelli is good, perhaps world class, but he is certainly not one of the famous architects in the world. I do really like his work and think he's a very good architect, but I can think of at least 30-40 other architects that today's elite architecture students are more interested in studying than Pelli.

All I need to know is that Pelli designed IFC in Hong Kong, which is the most badass office building any Yalie works in.

unfortunately despite having all these "world-class" architects New Haven is hideous. then again it was the "world-class" architects in the 1950s and 1960s that made it that way with all the demolition of historic buildings in favor of oppressive and ugly new buildings.

while the old buildings of new haven probably were great, to call new haven's 50s and 60s buildings "oppressive" and "ugly" is naive and uninformed.

The K of C tower IS oppressive and ugly. It has all the personality of one of those rolling dininghall tray carriers. Stand at the base of it sometime. Everything about it says " I am Gigantor. Humanity, you are nothing, and I acknowledge you not. "

Pelli's IFC in Hong Kong is amazing. I envy anyone who works there.