Pei, I(eoh) M(ing)

Pei, I(eoh) M(ing)
Pei (pā), I(eoh) M(ing). Born 1917.
Chinese-born American architect whose designs include the East Building of the National Gallery, Washington D.C. (1978), and the Pyramide at the Louvre in Paris (1989).

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born April 26, 1917, Canton, China

Chinese-born U.S. architect.

He immigrated to the U.S. in 1935 and studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University. After working for the architectural firm of Webb & Knapp, he formed his own partnership in 1955. Early in his career he created the building for the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colo. (1968), which mimics the broken silhouettes of the surrounding peaks. His innovative East Building of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (1978), was hailed as one of his finest achievements. Other works include Boston's John Hancock Tower (1973), Beijing's Fragrant Hill Hotel (1982), and a controversial glass pyramid for a courtyard at the Louvre Museum, Paris (1989). Pei's designs represent an elaboration on the rectangular forms and irregular silhouettes of the International Style but with a uniquely skillful arrangement of geometric shapes and a dramatic use of varied materials, spaces, and surfaces; in his Miho Museum of Art, Shiga, Japan (1997), for example, he achieved a harmony between the building, much of it underground, and its mountain environment. In 1983 Pei received the Pritzker Architecture Prize.

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  • Pei, I(eoh)M(ing) — (n. 26 abr. 1917, Cantón, China). Arquitecto estadounidense nacido en China. Emigró a EE.UU. en 1935 y estudió en el MIT y en la Universidad de Harvard. Luego de trabajar en la oficina de arquitectura Webb & Knapp, formó su propia empresa en 1955 …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Pei — (as used in expressions) Pei ching Ho pei Hu pei Pei, I(eoh)M(ing) shar pei Hsü Pei hung …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Pei — [pā] I(eoh) M(ing) 1917 ; U.S. architect, born in China …   English World dictionary

  • Pei — /pay/, n. I(eoh) M(ing) /yoh ming/, born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China. * * * (as used in expressions) Pei ching Hu pei Tung Pei Northeast Pei Ieoh Ming shar pei Hsü Pei hung * * * …   Universalium

  • Pei — abbr. Prince Edward Island. * * * noun United States architect (born in China in 1917) • Syn: ↑I. M. Pei, ↑Ieoh Ming Pei • Regions: ↑China, ↑People s Republic of China, ↑mainland China, ↑Communist China, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Pei — biographical name I(eoh) M(ing) 1917 American (Chinese born) architect …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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