I.M. Pei

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I.M. Pei

• By Matthew Arnold

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I.M. Pei

• I.M. Pei was born in 1917.
• Pei has remained a Modernist throughout his
  career.
• -Gerald Brommer
• In 1935 he studied at MIT.
• Things that happened in his life
• 1917 America joined World War 1
• 1982 First artificial Heart plant
• 1961 First man orbited the earth.

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Buildings

• The Texas Commerce Tower
• The John Fitzgerald Building
• West Wing of the Museum of Fine Arts
• Addition to the Louvre
• The Bank of China

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East Wing, National Gallery

• Would you be surprised to know that this
  building is flooded with natural light? All of
  the sides are different. Some have all windows
  and other none.

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References
Brommer, Gerald. Discovering Art History.
Worchester, Massachusetts Davis Publications,
1928.
About Ieoh Ming Pei The Pritzker Architecture
Prize. http//www.pritzkerprize.com/pei.htm