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The 60-minute documentary interviewed I. M. Pei in Japan on his design of Miho Museum, Japan. Compiled into a 2-hour home video documentary as I.M. Pei: The Museum on the Mountain, 2003. First Person Singular: I. M. Pei, 1997, aired on PBS. The 90-minute documentary interviewed I. M. Pei all over the world on his works.
This is a list of I. M. Pei projects. I. M. Pei (1917–2019) was a Chinese-American architect known for his creative use of modernist architecture in combination with natural elements and open spaces. During his decades of architectural work, he designed some of the world's most recognizable buildings in countries around the world.
The William L. Slayton House located in the Cleveland Park neighborhood in Washington, D.C., is a house that was designed by I.M. Pei in the International Style.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 2, 2008, [2] and was the 14th property listed as a featured property of the week in a program of the National Park Service that began in July, 2008.
I.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.
Pei was particularly proud of the landscaping results. [21] The design would be a simple geometric structure with a large glass pavilion. The concrete tower stands 125 feet (38 m) tall and houses offices and archives. A circular section contains two theaters and is connected to the tower by the 115 foot (35 m) grey-glass pavilion.
The Louvre Pyramid (French: Pyramide du Louvre) is a large glass-and-metal structure designed by the Chinese-American architect I. M. Pei.The pyramid is in the main courtyard (Cour Napoléon) of the Louvre Palace in Paris, surrounded by three smaller pyramids.
The Museum of Islamic Art (MIA; Arabic: متحف الفن الإسلامي) is a museum on one end of the seven-kilometer-long (4.3 mi) Corniche in Doha, Qatar.As per the architect I. M. Pei's specifications, the museum is built on an island off an artificial projecting peninsula near the traditional dhow harbor.
Designed by Henry N. Cobb of the firm I. M. Pei & Partners, it was completed in 1976, and has held the title as the tallest building in New England ever since. [2] In 2015, the lease belonging to the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company , for which the skyscraper was named, expired, and it was renamed to its address at 200 Clarendon Street .