I.M. Pei
(1917-2019)
Chinese-American architect
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Ieoh Ming Pei (YOH ming PAY; Chinese: 貝聿銘; pinyin: Bèi Yùmíng; April 26, 1917 – May 16, 2019) was a Chinese-American architect. Born in Guangzhou into a Chinese family, 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 quickly transferred to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Unhappy with the focus on Beaux-Arts architecture at both schools, he spent his free time researching emerging architects, especially Le Corbusier.
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Ieoh Ming Pei 26 April 1917 Kwangchou, Canton, China
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16 May 2019 (aged 102) Manhattan, NYC, NY, USA
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| Zodiac | Taurus |
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