Chinese American architect, 1917 to 2019, master of crisp geometric modernism in stone, concrete and glass: the East Building of the National Gallery in Washington, the Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong, and the glass pyramid at the Louvre, reviled when proposed and beloved within a decade. He received the Pritzker Prize in 1983.
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NationalityChinese, later American 2 Defining ContributionGeometric modernism; the Louvre Pyramid 2 Classification
AwardPritzker Architecture Prize 1 I. M. Pei
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Awarded the AIA Gold Medal in 1979.
Source American Institute of Architects Official Site
Pei earned a master of architecture degree at Harvard in 1946, studying under Walter Gropius.
Source Encyclopedia Britannica
Pei earned his undergraduate degree in architecture at MIT in 1940.
Source Encyclopedia Britannica
Awarded the RIBA Royal Gold Medal in 2010.
Source Royal Institute of British Architects Official Site
In Style
Pei is widely categorized a leading Late Modernist architect, working in glass, steel and geometric abstraction.
Works Designed
I. M. Peis 1978 East Wing addition to the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC.
Source Wikipedia: Suzhou Museum
In the Other Atlases
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1. Pritzker Architecture Prize (Wikipedia)
LaureatesQuote, Laureates
1983 laureate, Pritzker Architecture Prize official laureate list (pritzkerprize.com/laureates)
2. Pritzker Architecture Prize Official Site
3. Encyclopedia Britannica
Royal Institute of British Architects Official Site
Royal Institute of British ArchitectsAssociated With: Royal Institute of British ArchitectsView the Source American Institute of Architects Official Site
American Institute of ArchitectsAssociated With: American Institute of ArchitectsView the Source Wikipedia: Suzhou Museum
WikipediaWorks Designed: Suzhou Museum, Architecture section, first sentenceQuote, Works Designed: Suzhou Museum, Architecture section, first sentence
The Suzhou Museum building was designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect I.M. Pei in association with Pei Partnership Architects.
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