I. M. Pei
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Ieoh Ming Pei (b April 26, 1917) is a Pritzker Prize winning architect, known as the last master of high modernist architecture. He works with the abstract form, using stone, concrete, glass, and steel. Pei is one of the most successful architects of the 20th century, but his work has had little influence on architectural theory.
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Background/Education
Ieoh Ming Pei (Template:Zh-cp) was born in Guangzhou, China on April 26, 1917 to a prominent banker.
He was prepared at St. Paul's College, Hong Kong before moving to the United States to study architecture at the age of 17. He received his Bachelor of Architecture degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1940. That same year, he was awarded the Alpha Rho Chi Medal, the MIT Travelling Fellowship, and the AIA Gold Medal. He enrolled at the the Harvard Graduate School of Design two years later; shortly thereafter, he served at the National Defense Research Committee in Princeton.
By 1944, he had returned to Harvard. He received his master degree in Architecture in 1946 and stayed at Harvard as an assistant professor. He received the Wheelwright Travelling Fellowship in 1951. He became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1954.
Family / Personal
I.M. Pei has two sons: Chien Chung (Didi) Pei, and Li Chung (Sandi) Pei. Both followed their father's footsteps and went to the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Chien Chung Pei helped his father design the Louvre addition from 1989 to 1993. Li Chung Pei helped his father design the Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong in 1989. Both became architects practicing under their own firm, Pei Partnerships (http://www.ppa-ny.com/). I.M. Pei has helped out at the firm since his retirement in 1990.
Project List
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- 1954 - 1959 Mile High Center, in Denver, Colorado, USA
- 1961 - 1967 National Center for Atmospheric Research, in Boulder, Colorado, USA
- 1961 - Kips Bay Plaza, in New York, New York, USA [1] (http://www.pcfandp.com/a/p/5705/s.html)
- 1962 - Place Ville-Marie, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- 1964 - S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University - Syracuse, New York
- 1966 - 1968 - Sculpture Wing of the Des Moines Art Center in Des Moines, Iowa
- 1968 - 1972 - 50 FAA air traffic control towers, in various locations throughout the United States.
- 1968 - 1974 Christian Science Center, in Boston, Massachusetts
- 1968 - Everson Museum of Art, in Syracuse, New York
- 1969 - Cleo Rogers Memorial Library, in Columbus, Indiana
- 1970 - National Airlines terminal at JFK Airport in New York, New York
- 1971 - Harbor Towers
- 1972 - Dallas City Hall
- 1972 - Paul Mellon Arts Center at Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, Connecticut
- 1973 - Commerce Court in Toronto, Ontario
- 1974 - 1978 East Building, National Gallery of Art, in Washington, DC
- East Wing project webpage (http://www.designboom.com/portrait/pei_east.html)
- 1976 - John Hancock Tower, in Boston, Massachusetts - Pei gives Henry Cobb the credit for this building (http://www.pcf-p.com/a/p/6710/s.html)
- 1976 - University of Rochester's Wilson Commons
- 1978 - 1982 Indiana University Art Museum in Bloomington, Indiana
- 1979 - John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library, in Boston, Massachusetts
- 1979 - 1986 Javits Convention Center in New York, New York
- 1973 - Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, in Ithaca, New York
- 1981 - the Texas Commerce Tower in Houston, Texas, currently J.P. Morgan Chase Tower; (3D/International cooperated with Pei on the design of this building)
- 1982 - 1990 Bank of China Tower, in Hong Kong
- Bank of China Tower project website (http://www.designboom.com/portrait/pei_bank.html)
- 1983 - Energy Plaza, Dallas, Texas
- 1985 - Wiesner building, MIT, Boston, Massachusetts
- 1986 - Fountain Place, Dallas, Texas
- 1989 - Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas, Texas
- 1989 - Carl Icahn Center for Science at Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, Connecticut
- 1989 - Headquarters for Creative Artists Agency, Los Angeles, California
- 1989 - Pyramid of the Louvre, in Paris, France
- Pyramide du Louvre website (http://www.GreatBuildings.com/buildings/Pyramide_du_Louvre.html). (See also: La Pyramide Inversée.)
- 1991 - Miho Museum, Shiga, Japan
- project website (http://www.designboom.com/portrait/pei_shiga.htmlMiho)
- 1995 - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in Cleveland, Ohio
- 2003 - extension building to the Deutsches Historisches Museum (German history museum), in Berlin, Germany.
- 2005 - Ferguson Center for the Arts at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia.
Reference
- Gero von Boehm, Conversations with I.M. Pei: "Light is the Key"
External link
- Pei Cobb Freed & Partners website (http://www.pcfandp.com/)
- Official biography from Pei Cobb Freed & Partners website (http://www.pcfandp.com/a/f/fme/imp/b/b.html)
- Interview to I.M. Pei (june 2004) (http://archrecord.construction.com/people/interviews/archives/0406IMPei-1.asp)
- Biography of Sculpture Wing (http://www.desmoinesartcenter.org/pei.html)
- Conversation with I.M. Pei about JFK Museum, Boston - with Robert Campbell, critic, Boston Globe (audio/video stream) (http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=1655)