I.M. Pei (貝聿銘). 1917-2019.Chinese-American master architect Ieoh Ming Pei (I.M. Pei) passed away on
I.M. Pei (貝聿銘). 1917-2019.Chinese-American master architect Ieoh Ming Pei (I.M. Pei) passed away on May 16, 2019, at the age of 102. He was best known for designing the glass pyramid at the entrance of the Louvre in Paris, the East Building of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, the Dallas City Hall and The Bank of China Building in Hong Kong. Pei’s work follows his particular, modernist brand of simple geometries that is clean-cut, sharp-edged and unapologetic. Critics praise his buildings for going beyond the coldness of modern architecture and for being both boldly monumental and warmly exhilarating and inviting. Born in in Guangzhou and raised in Hong Kong and Shanghai, Pei’s biggest inspirations came at an early age from the gardens of Suzhou. Pei joined the Harvard Graduate School of Design after graduating from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1948, he began his architect career designing buildings for a real estate developer in New York for seven years before establishing his own independent firm in 1955. After his first major recognition with the Mesa Laboratory in Colorado in 1967, Pei was selected as the chief architect for the John F. Kennedy Library in Massachusetts, and went on to design some of the most iconic skyscrapers, museums, concert halls and civic buildings in the world. Pei became one of the most revered architects in the world and won a variety of awards and prizes in his field, including the AIA Gold Medal, the first Praemium Imperiale for Architecture and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. In 1983, he received the Pritzker Prize, sometimes referred to as the Nobel Prize for architecture. Follow sinθ magazine for more daily posts about Sino arts and culture. -- source link
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