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I. M. Pei's Place Ville-Marie in Montreal
Ieoh Ming Pei (貝聿銘
pinyin bei4 yu4 ming2) is a Chinese
architect born in
Canton ,
China on
April 26 ,
1917 .
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
1962 - Place Ville-Marie[?] , in Montreal, Canada
1968 - 1974 Christian Science Center[?] , in Boston, Massachusetts
1968 - Everson Museum of Art[?] , in Syracuse, New York
1969 - Cleo Rogers Memorial Library[?] , in Columbus, Indiana
1969 - 1975 John Hancock Center in Chicago , Illinois
1971 - Harbor Towers[?]
1972 - Dallas City Hall[?]
1974 - 1978 East Wing, National Gallery of Art[?] , in Washington, D.C.
1977 - Hancock Place , in Boston, Massachusetts
1979 - 1986 Javits Convention Center[?] in New York , New York
1973 - Johnson Museum of Art[?] , Cornell University , in Ithaca, New York
1982 - 1990 Bank of China Tower , in Hong Kong
1989 - Pyramide du Louvre[?] , in Paris , France
1998 - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame , in Cleveland, Ohio .
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