Ieoh Ming Pei (貝聿銘) (born April 26, 1917), commonly known by his initials I. M. Pei, is a Pritzker Prize-winning Chinese-born American architect, known as the last master of high modernist architecture.
Pei was born in Canton (pinyin: Guangzhou), China on April 26, 1917, to a prominent family from Suzhou. His father, a banker, was later the director of the Bank of China and the governor of the Central Bank of China. His family later moved to Shan...
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Ieoh Ming Pei (貝聿銘) (born April 26, 1917), commonly known by his initials I. M. Pei, is a Pritzker Prize-winning Chinese-born American architect, known as the last master of high modernist architecture.
Pei was born in Canton (pinyin: Guangzhou), China on April 26, 1917, to a prominent family from Suzhou. His father, a banker, was later the director of the Bank of China and the governor of the Central Bank of China. His family later moved to Shanghai, but resided in his native city Suzhou, a city near Shanghai. The family's residence, Lion Grove Garden, is a renowned classical garden in Suzhou, now part of the World Heritage Site listed Classical Gardens of Suzhou. The garden is famed for its collection of Tai Lake stones, the aesthetically rich shapes of which are naturally carved by the waters of the lake. Pei loved how the buildings and the nature were combined, and especially liked the way light and shadow mixed.
His first education was at St. Paul's College, Hong Kong (primary...
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