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Wikipedia: Ieoh Ming Pei (born April 26, 1917), commonly known by his initials I. M. Pei, is a Chinese-born American architect. Although he refuses to apply labels to his own work, he is considered a master of modern architecture. Born in Guangzhou and raised in Hong Kong and Shanghai, Pei drew artistic inspiration at an early age from the gardens at Suzhou.
![[Pei was commissioned to design the Luce Memorial Chapel in Taiwan by the same organization that ran the middle...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/_E8_B7_AF_E6_80_9D_E7_BE_A9_E6_95_99_E5_A0_82_s.jpg "Pei was commissioned to design the Luce Memorial Chapel in Taiwan by the same organization that ran the middle...")
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![[William Zeckendorf hired Pei after ordering a search for what he called "the greatest unknown architect in the...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/William_Zeckendorf_NYWTS_s.jpg "William Zeckendorf hired Pei after ordering a search for what he called \"the greatest unknown architect in the...")
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![[As with NCAR, Pei combined elements of cubism and natural harmony when designing the dormitories at New College of...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Palm_court_1995_s.jpg "As with NCAR, Pei combined elements of cubism and natural harmony when designing the dormitories at New College of...")
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![[Pei wanted his design for Dallas City Hall to "convey an image of the people"]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/DallasCityHallB_s.jpg "Pei wanted his design for Dallas City Hall to \"convey an image of the people\"")
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![[Pei wanted the open spaces and buildings of L'Enfant Plaza to be "functionally and visually related" to one another]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/L_27Enfant_Plaza_IMG_1926_s.jpg "Pei wanted the open spaces and buildings of L'Enfant Plaza to be \"functionally and visually related\" to one another")
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![[Pei decided that a pyramid was "most compatible" with the other structures at the Louvre, complementing their...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Paris_047__s.jpg "Pei decided that a pyramid was \"most compatible\" with the other structures at the Louvre, complementing their...")
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![[Pei describes the architecture of Shanghai's Bund waterfront area as "very much a colonial past"]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Shanghai_Bund_2006_s.jpg "Pei describes the architecture of Shanghai's Bund waterfront area as \"very much a colonial past\"")
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![[Time magazine headlined its review of Pei's design for the East Building "Masterpiece on the Mall"]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/National_Gallery_East_Wing_by_Matthew_Bisanz_s.jpg "Time magazine headlined its review of Pei's design for the East Building \"Masterpiece on the Mall\"")
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![[Pei was surprised by public resistance to his traditional design of the hotel at Fragrant Hills]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Fragrant_Hill_Hotel_s.jpg "Pei was surprised by public resistance to his traditional design of the hotel at Fragrant Hills")
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![[Pei was acutely aware, as he said, that "the history of Paris was embedded in the stones of the Louvre]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Paris_182__s.jpg "Pei was acutely aware, as he said, that \"the history of Paris was embedded in the stones of the Louvre")
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![[As a child, Pei found the Shizilin Garden in Suzhou to be "an ideal playground"]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Shizlinhehuaci_s.jpg "As a child, Pei found the Shizilin Garden in Suzhou to be \"an ideal playground\"")
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![[Pei said that "Bing Crosby's films in particular had a tremendous influence on my choosing the United States...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Bing_Crosby_cropped_s.jpg "Pei said that \"Bing Crosby's films in particular had a tremendous influence on my choosing the United States...")
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