I.M. Pei

(1917–2019) kinesisk-amerikansk arkitekt

I.M. Pei (United States, 1917–2019) is listed in the catalogue as an architect. By year of birth, I.M. Pei belongs to the chapter ‘Modernism’ in this site’s history of architecture.

I.M. Pei was born in Guangzhou and died in New York City. I.M. Pei trained at Harvard Graduate School of Design, MIT School of Architecture and Planning, and University of Pennsylvania. Wikidata associates I.M. Pei with International Style. I.M. Pei became a member of American Academy of Arts and Letters, Chinese Academy of Engineering, and Royal Academy of Arts. The awards include Pritzker Architecture Prize, National Medal of Arts, Royal Gold Medal, and Presidential Medal of Freedom.

The best-known works include ‘Louvre Pyramid’, ‘Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’, ‘Bank of China Tower’, and ‘Mastercard International Global Headquarters’. The catalogue has 35 buildings by I.M. Pei. The dated buildings span the years 1190–2009. The buildings are in places such as 1st arrondissement of Paris, Downtown Core, Syracuse, Boston, and Manhattan. They are in 11 countries. According to Wikidata, buildings by I.M. Pei belong to the styles ‘Post-war modernism’, ‘Historicism’, ‘Gothic’, and ‘Postmodernism’.

Contemporary architects in the same chapter include Marion Donovan, Eladio Dieste, Martin Stern, Thomas E. Stanley, and Vjenceslav Richter.