I.M. Pei's Monumental Visions
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I. M. Pei
Ieoh Ming Pei (貝聿銘) (born April 26, 1917), commonly known as I. M. Pei, is a Chinese-born American architect, known as the last master of high modernist architecture.
Photo by Victor Orlewicz
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Bank of China, Hong Kong
Built in 1989, this 70-storey building has been criticised by practitioners of feng shui for its sharp edges. Its structural expressionism resembles bamboo shoots, symbolising livelihood and prosperity.
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Bank of China, Beijing
Nearly a half-million square feet of stone went into the Head Office of the Bank of China (BOC) in Beijing.
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Deutsches Historisches Museum (DHM, German Historical Museum)
A new masterpiece of architecture for Berlin: the German Historical Museum's new extension designed by star architect I. M. Pei in 2004.
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Louvre Pyramid
The glass pyramid was the latest addition to the entrance of the Louvre, the world-famous museum in Paris, France. Standing 71 feet high, the steel construction supports 603 diamond-shaped and 70 triangular panes of 21 millimetre thick glass.
Completed in 1989, the pyramid allows light into the museum's reception center and is certainly the most famous of the 'Grands Projets'.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland, Ohio
Constructed from 1993-1995, IM Pei employed the forms of popular shopping mall architecture into this museum. It borrows many of the mall's most prominent features such as large walkways and escalators.
Photo by Jason Pratt
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Museum of Islamic Art
The Museum of Islamic Art's main building entrance facade through the palm tree alley
Photo courtesy of the Museum of Islamic Art
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Museum of Islamic Art
Museum of Islamic Art situated 60m off the Doha Corniche on an island made of reclaimed land
Photo courtesy of the Museum of Islamic Art
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Museum of Islamic Art
The desert light plays with the geometry of the Museum of Islamic Art
Photo courtesy of the Museum of Islamic Art
11 of 13 Angular structural supports of the Museum of Islamic Art complemented the faceted dome above
Photo courtesy of the Museum of Islamic Art
12 of 13 The grand spiral staircase at the centre of the atrium of the Museum of Islamic Art is offset from the patterned chandelier
Photo courtesy of the Museum of Islamic Art
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Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, Qatar
Grand Opening Celebration of the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar on November 22, 2008.
Photo courtesy of Qatar Museums Authority and the Museum of Islamic Art
