I. M. PEI

(1917 – 2019)

Chinese-American architect whose architectural style is indebted to classical modernism and who was considered as one of the most important contemporary architects | 1917 born in Guangzhou, China | 1935-40 studies architecture at “Massachusetts Institute of Technology” (MIT) in Philadelphia; befriends with classmates Harry WEESE and Eero SAARINEN | 1946 master’s degree with Walter GROPIUS at “Harvard” | 1955 founds office “I. M. Pei & Associates” | 1964 commissioned by Jackie Kennedy Onassis to build the “John F. Kennedy Library” | 1983 receives Pritzker Architecture Prize | 1989 completes glass pyramid in the courtyard of the “Louvre” in Paris | 1989 honoured by Praemium Imperiale from Japan’s imperial family | 2019 died in New York City

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