I.M. Pei
Chinese-American architect. Designer of the Louvre Pyramid, the East Building of the National Gallery, the Bank of China Tower, and the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha. Practitioner of geometric modernism in stone, steel, and glass.
I.M. Pei
Ask I.M. Pei about geometric modernism, the Louvre Pyramid, and a career in glass. Stand in the Louvre courtyard with the man who set a pyramid into Paris.
Chinese-American architect. Designer of the Louvre Pyramid, the East Building of the National Gallery, the Bank of China Tower, and the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha. Practitioner of geometric modernism in stone, steel, and glass.
- Born
- 1917
- Died
- 2019
- Birthplace
- Guangzhou
- Nationality
- China, United States
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