Pei painstakingly researched each project, studying its use and relating it to the environment.
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His buildings added elegance to landscapes worldwide with their powerful geometric shapes and grand spaces. Among them are the striking steel and glass Bank of China skyscraper in Hong Kong and the Fragrant Hill Hotel near Beijing. His work spanned decades, starting in the late 1940s and continuing through the new millennium.
Some of his designs were met with much controversy, such as the 71-foot faceted glass pyramid in the courtyard of the Louvre museum in Paris. French President Francois Mitterrand, who personally selected Pei to oversee the decaying, overcrowded museum's renovation, endured a barrage of criticism when he unveiled the plan in 1984.
Another building designed by Pei's firm — the John Hancock Tower in Boston — had a questionable future in the early 1970s when dozens of windows cracked and popped out, sending glass crashing to the sidewalks, during the time the building was under construction. Pei officially retired in 1990 but continued to work on projects. Two of his sons, Chien Chung Pei and Li Chung Pei, former members of their father's firm, formed Pei Partnership Archiitects in 1992. Their father's firm, previously I.M. Pei and Partners, was renamed Pei Cobb Freed & Partners.
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I.M. Pei, architect who designed Louvre Pyramid, dies at 102NEW YORK (AP) — I.M. Pei (PAY), the globe-trotting architect who revived the Louvre museum in Paris with a giant glass pyramid and captured the spirit of rebellion at the multi-shaped Rock and...
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Architect I.M. Pei dies at age 102I.M. Pei, whose modern designs and high-profile projects made him one of the best-known and most prolific architects of the 20th century, has died, the New York Times reported on Thursday. He was 102.
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I.M. Pei, preeminent architect of civic centers and cultural institutions, dies at 102Mr. Pei left a legacy of notable buildings that span the globe: the National Gallery of Art's East Building, the glass pyramid at the entrance to the Louvre in Paris, the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland.
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