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Ieoh Ming Pei
The contemporary
great architect
Early life and education
 Chinese name:貝聿銘
 born in Guangzhou,
Guangdong Province,
China
 April 26, 1917
 At 17, went to the US
to study architecture
 received a Bachelor of
Architecture degree
from MIT in 1940
 I. M. Pei became a
naturalized citizen of
the United States in
1954
 In 1955 he formed the
partnership of I. M. Pei &
Associates, which became
I. M. Pei & Partners in 1966
and Pei Cobb Freed &
Partners in 1989
 received the 1968
Architectural Firm Award of
the American Institute of
Architects, the highest honor
bestowed on an architectural
practice by the Institute
 In late 1990, after more than
four decades of practice, Mr.
Pei retired from the firm in
order to pursue smaller
projects of personal interest
Accomplishments
 the Gold Medal for Architecture from the
American Academy of Arts and Letters and
the Gold Medal of the American Institute of
Architects
 the Gold Medal from Alpha Rho Chi (the
national professional fraternity of architects)
 the Grande Médaille d'Or from the French
Académie d'Architecture
 the Pritzker Architecture Prize
His projects
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Luce Memorial Chapel (1963)
Dallas, Texas City Hall (1972)
John Hancock Tower, in Boston (1976)
East Building, National Gallery of Art (1979)
Bank of China Tower (1982-1990)
Pyramids of the Louvre (1989)
Hancock Tower
Basic information
 Located in Boston
 John Hancock Tower /"New" Hancock Tower
/officially named Hancock Place
 designed by I.M. Pei and Henry N. Cobb
 790 feet
 sixty floors
 10,344 panes of glass
 4' x 11', 500 lb (1.2x3.4 m, 227 kg)
windowpanes
 completed in 1976
introduction
 In 1977 the AIA presented Cobb
with a National Honor Award for
the John Hancock Tower
 As of 2005, it is the tallest building
in New England, the 43rd tallest
building in the United States, and
the 112th tallest building in the
world
 achievement in minimalist,
modernist skyscraper design
 no spandrels between the floors
and the mullions are minimal
 glass is tinted blue -transplanted
sky in day time
Falling glass panes
 The building's most
dangerous flaw
 Police close off surrounding
streets whenever winds
reached 45 mph (72 km/h)
 Glass crashes to the
sidewalk hundreds of feet
below
 combination of the doublepaned glass
 pressure differentials
between the inside and
outside air
 installing a network of
10,000 sensors
Pyramide du Louvre
 Architect:
I.M.Pei
 Location: Paris
France
 Date :1989
 Building Type:
art museum
entrance
 Construction
System: glass
and steel rods
and cable
 Style :modern
The Louvre is the most famous of the Grands Projets.It is not
so much the pyramid, but the entrance space that it covers
that is the most important part of the project. The brilliance of
making an entrance to the world’s largest art museum by
hollowing-out its plaza and constructing underground
connections to its various wings could easily be lost amidst
the unmistakable iconography of the pyramid.
The entrance has
rationalized and
opened-up the
collections of the
Louvre to the
throngs of
museum-goers
who visit its
collections.
Bank of China Tower-a Star Among Stars
 One of the
most
recognized
skyscrapers
in Hong Kong.
 Symbol of the
strength ,
vitality and
growth.
 The tallest building in Hong
Kong and Asia from 1989 to
1992
 located near Central MTR
station
 A small observation deck on
the 43rd floor of the
building is open to the
public.
Inspiration
 Bamboo---symbol of
revitalization and hope.
 X-shape ---bad luck in
Chinese culture
 Sharp edge like a
cleaver---criticism of
Feng Shui
 Chinese element--statue of lion
in front of
the gate
Bank of China Tower