I.M. Peiin a sentence
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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)
- 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)