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The Chinese-born American architect Ioeh Ming Pei is one of the most prolific architects of our times.Best known for such as the East Building of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, and his controversial and critically acclaimed Grand Louvre glass pyramid in Paris (1983-89), his architectural oeuvre is characterized by the importance of light. In a series of intimate interviews with filmmaker Gero von Boehm, this volume explores the origins, ideas, and motives behind Pei's work. ... Read more

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Famed architect, I. M. Pei first came to international prominence with the commission for the Kennedy Library.His subsequent success, with projects such as the glass pyramid at the Louvre and the new wing of the National Gallery in Washington, DC are well-documented herein with wonderful photography and text.A quiet master who has had a resounding effect on world architectural style. ... Read more

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i.m. pei the architect
it was a very good book for information on this man.i liked the pictures and description of the buildings and also the detail that they went into. this is a wonderful book if you like to know about the background and meansto build buildings. ... Read more

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Suzhou:Shaping an Ancient City for the New China
This book is an essential guide for students of the master planning process and for those planners interested in developing sensitive and historic areas like the ancient and garden laden city of Suzhou. Prentice takes the reader on a rich visual, historical and political journey along slow moving canals, over resonant foot bridges and into quiet, shady courtyards. Simultaneously, one follows the progress of the master planning workshop lead by the internationally known firms EDAW/Pei group. The account presents surprising and often poetic insight into cross-cultural negotiation and provides a vivid understanding of the nuances of the charrette process. Included in the book are descriptive and elegant presentation drawings and lush photographs of one of China's top tourist destinations. ... Read more

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This fascinating, detailed examination of renowned architect I. M. Pei’s spectacular new wing of the German Historical Museum in Berlin is published to coincide with the unveiling of the extension in 2003. The stunning glass building, with its triangular footprint and seemingly weightless curved staircase, offers a striking departure from the museum’s older structures, and plays an important role in Berlin’s current architectural and cultural renaissance. Pei, in effect illuminating history with his design, provides an optimistic footnote to this important European institution, and a refreshingly simple and elegant annex to the museum’s more ponderous main buildings. Essays from renowned architectural scholars comment on Pei’s design, provide a history of the Arsenal building and site, and place the Show House in context with the architect’s other important museum structures, including those built for the National Art Gallery in Washington, D.C., and the legendary Glass Pyramid in the courtyard of the Louvre. ... Read more