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I.M. Pei was admired and influential, but his designs were too individualized and dependent on context to give rise to a particular school of design.
I.M. Pei = Chinese American modernist architect (1917-2019)

I.M. Pei works with the abstract form, using stone, concrete, glass, and steel.

I.M. Pei designed the glass-and-steel pyramid for the Louvre in Paris.

The controversial, neomodern glass pyramid designed by Chinese-born American architect I. M. Pei still evoked scorn from traditionalists who felt it destroyed the dignity of the Renaissance courtyard.† (source) Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code, 2003

Douglas Brinkley writes, "Downtowns which used to consist of one ugly skyscraper surrounded by 200,000 Baptists are now glitzy, multi-towered citadels, show-casing the buildings of such world-class architects as Philip Johnson, I. M. Pei, and Richard Meier."† (source)