I.M. Pei

Acting

Born: 1917-04-26
Died: 2019-05-16
From: Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Gender: Male
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Also Known As

貝聿銘贝聿铭Ieoh Ming Pei

Biography

Ieoh Ming Pei (Chinese: 貝聿銘), FAIA, RIBA[2] (English: /joʊ.mɪŋ.ˈpeɪ/ yoh-ming-PAY[3][4] 26 April 1917 – 16 May 2019) was a Chinese-American architect. Born in Guangzhou but raised in Hong Kong and Shanghai, Pei drew inspiration at an early age from the garden villas at Suzhou, the traditional retreat of the scholar-gentry to which his family belonged. In 1935, he moved to the United States and enrolled in the University of Pennsylvania's architecture school, but he quickly transferred to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was unhappy with the focus at both schools on Beaux-Arts architecture, and spent his free time researching emerging architects, especially Le Corbusier. After graduating, he joined the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) and became a friend of the Bauhaus architects Walter Gropius and Marcel Breuer. Notable Buildings He Designed and Constructed John F. Kennedy Library, Boston National Gallery of Art East Building Louvre Pyramid, Paris Bank of China Tower, Hong Kong Museum of Islamic Art, Doha Indiana University Art Museum Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Miho Museum

Awards & Nominations15 won · 0 nominated

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Royal Gold Medal

2010
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Great Immigrants Award

2006
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Berliner Bär

1999
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honorary doctor of the Tongji University

1994
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Presidential Medal of Freedom

1992
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Praemium Imperiale

1989
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National Medal of Arts

1988
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Medal of Liberty

1986
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Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MIT

1984
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Pritzker Architecture Prize

1983
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Architecture Firm Award

1968
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Library of Congress Living Legend

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Officer of the Legion of Honour

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honorary doctor of the University of Hong Kong

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honorary doctor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong