I. M. Pei
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Ieoh Ming Pei (}; }; b. April 26, 1917), commonly known as his initial I. M. Pei, 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.
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Early life and education
Pei was born in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China on April 26, 1917 to a prominent banker.His first education was in Shanghai and then at St. Paul's College, Hong Kong before moving to the United States to study architecture at the age of 18. He started at the University of Pennsylvania before going on to receive 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 Harvard Graduate School of Design two years later; shortly thereafter, he served at the National Defense Research Committee in Princeton, New Jersey.
In 1944 he returned to Harvard, received his master degree in Architecture in 1946 and stayed at Harvard as an assistant professor. He received the Wheelwright Traveling Fellowship in 1951 and became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1954.[Official biography from Pei Cobb Freed & Partners website]
Career
Pei operated his own architectural firm, founded in 1955, which was known as I. M. Pei & Partners until 1989 when it became known as Pei Cobb Freed & Partners recognizing James Ingo Freed and Henry N. Cobb.Personal life
Pei has three sons: T'ing Chung Pei, Chien Chung (Didi) Pei, Li Chung (Sandi) Pei, and a daughter: Liane Pei. Chien Chung and Li Chung both have followed their father 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]. Pei has helped out at the firm since his retirement from his own firm in 1990.[Conversation with I.M. Pei about JFK Museum, Boston - with Robert Campbell, critic, Boston Globe (audio/video stream)]Project list
- 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 [link]
- 1961 — Government Center Master Plan, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- 1962 — Place Ville-Marie, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- 1962 — Kennedy Theatre, University of Hawaii, USA, [Official web page]
- 1962 — Hale Manoa Dormitory, East West Center, University of Hawaii, USA
- 1963 — Luce Memorial Chapel, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan
- 1963 — Society Hill Towers – Philadelphia, PA, [Unofficial website]
- 1964 — Green Building, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 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
- *[Official page of Pei's Sculpture Wing]
- 1966 — Silver Towers at New York University
- 1967 — Hoffman Hall at University of Southern California
- 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
- 1969 — Academic Center, State University of New York at Fredonia, Fredonia, New York
- 1970 — National Airlines terminal at JFK Airport in New York, New York
- 1971 — Harbor Towers
- 1972 — Governor's Residence Halls at SUNY Buffalo
- 1972 — Dallas, Texas City Hall
- 1972 — Paul Mellon Arts Center at Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, Connecticut
- 1972 — Pei Residence Halls at New College of Florida
- 1973 — Commerce Court West in Toronto, Ontario
- 1973 — Spelman Halls at Princeton University
- 1973 — Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, in Ithaca, New York
- 1974–1978 — East Building, National Gallery of Art, in Washington, DC[Pei's audio tour of the East Building addition to the National Gallery of Art]
- *[Official East Building project webpage]
- 1975 — OCBC Centre in Singapore.
- 1975 — The Lamar Building Penthouse in Augusta, Georgia
- 1976 — John Hancock Tower, in Boston, Massachusetts — Pei gives Henry Cobb the credit for [this building]
- 1976 — University of Rochester's [Wilson Commons]
- 1978–1982 — Indiana University Art Museum in Bloomington, Indiana
- 1979 — John F. Kennedy Library, in Boston, Massachusetts[Conversation with I.M. Pei about JFK Museum, Boston - with Robert Campbell, critic, Boston Globe (audio/video stream)]
- 1979 — Baltimore World Trade Center, in Baltimore, Maryland
- 1979–1986 — Javits Convention Center in New York, New York
- 1980–1985 — Raffles City in Singapore.
- 1981 — the Texas Commerce Tower in Houston, Texas, currently the JPMorgan Chase Tower; (3D/International cooperated with Pei on the design of this building)
- 1982 — 16th Street Mall in Denver, Colorado.
- 1982–1990 — Bank of China Tower, in Hong Kong
- *[Bank of China Tower project website]
- 1982 — Apartment for Steve Jobs
- 1983 — Energy Plaza, Dallas, Texas
- 1985 — Wiesner building, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- 1986 — Fountain Place, Dallas, Texas
- 1987 — CenTrust Tower, Miami, Florida
- 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 — Pyramids of the Louvre, in Paris, France
- *[Pyramide du Louvre website]. (See also: La Pyramide Inversée.)
- 1991 — Miho Museum, Shiga, Japan
- *[Official museum website]
- *[Official information on the architecture]
- 1992 — The Kirklin Clinic of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Health System, Birmingham, Alabama
- 1995 — Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in Cleveland, Ohio
- 1999–2006 — Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, in Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- *[Official museum website]
- 2001 — Friend Center for Engineering, at Princeton University.
- 2002 — Tour EDF, La Défense, France
- 2003 — extension building to the Deutsches Historisches Museum (German history museum), in Berlin, Germany.
- 2005 — Ferguson Center for the Performing Arts at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia.
- 2006 — Martha Stewart Center for Living at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York, New York (currently under construction).
Selected works
Reference
- Gero von Boehm, Conversations with I.M. Pei: "Light is the Key" ISBN 3791321765
- Michael Cannell, I.M. Pei : Mandarin of Modernism ISBN 0517799723 #([Excerpt])
- Carter Wiseman, I. M. Pei: A Profile in American Architecture ISBN 0810934779
- Wikipedia entry — Steve Jobs
External links
- [Biography] (World of Biography)
Pritzker Prize: Winners (1979-2000)
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1979: Johnson |
1980: Barragán |
1981: Stirling |
1982: Roche |
1983: Pei |
1984: Meier |
1985: Hollein |
1986: Böhm |
1987: Tange |
1988: Bunshaft and Niemeyer |
1989: Gehry |
1990: Rossi |
1991: Venturi |
1992: Siza |
1993: Maki |
1994: Portzamparc |
1995: Ando |
1996: Moneo |
1997: Fehn |
1998: Piano |
1999: Foster | 2000: Koolhaas |
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