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Pei (pay)
Common clue: Architect I.M.
Ieoh Ming Pei is a Chinese American architect born in Suzhou, China on April 26, 1917. After receiving his education at St. Paul's College, Hong Kong, he studied architecture at MIT and Harvard.
Pei, the last "master" of high modernist architecture, has been described as an architect who focuses on abstract form. He prefers materials such as stone, concrete, glass, and steel.
While Pei is one of the most successful 20th century architects in the world, with numerous landmark buildings and extensions to his name, his work has had little influence on architectural theory.
1961 - 1967 National Center for Atmospheric Research, in Boulder, Colorado, USA
1966 - 1968 - Sculpture Wing of the Des Moines Art Center in Des Moines, Iowa
1970 - National Airlines terminal at JFK Airport in New York, New York
1974 - 1978 East Building, National Gallery of Art, in Washington, DC
East Wing project webpage (http://www.designboom.com/portrait/pei_east.html)
1976 - John Hancock Tower, in Boston, Massachusetts
1973 - Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, in Ithaca, New York
1981 - the Texas Commerce Tower in Houston, Texas, currently J.P. Morgan Chase Tower; (3D/International cooperated with Pei on the design of this building)
1983 - Energy Plaza, Dallas, Texas
1985 - Wiesner building, MIT, Boston, Massachusetts
1989 - Pyramid of the Louvre, in Paris, France
Pyramide du Louvre website (http://www.GreatBuildings.com/buildings/Pyramide_du_Louvre.html)
1995 - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in Cleveland, Ohio
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