I. M. Pei

About I. M. Pei

Birth Day: April 26, 1917
Birth Place: Guangzhou, China

I. M. Pei

I. M. Pei was born on April 26, 1917 in Guangzhou, China. Chinese-American architect of sleek 20th century buildings; considered to be the Master of Modern Architecture who was inspired by the gardens of Suzhou. He was also controversial, especially after he designed a glass-and-steel pyramid for Paris' Musée du Louvre in the early 1980s.
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Popular As I. M. Pei
Occupation Architect
Age 103 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born April 26, 1917 (Guangzhou, China)
Birthday April 26
Town/City Guangzhou, China
Nationality China

🌙 Zodiac

I. M. Pei’s zodiac sign is Taurus. According to astrologers, Taurus is practical and well-grounded, the sign harvests the fruits of labor. They feel the need to always be surrounded by love and beauty, turned to the material world, hedonism, and physical pleasures. People born with their Sun in Taurus are sensual and tactile, considering touch and taste the most important of all senses. Stable and conservative, this is one of the most reliable signs of the zodiac, ready to endure and stick to their choices until they reach the point of personal satisfaction.

🌙 Chinese Zodiac Signs

I. M. Pei was born in the Year of the Snake. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Snake are seductive, gregarious, introverted, generous, charming, good with money, analytical, insecure, jealous, slightly dangerous, smart, they rely on gut feelings, are hard-working and intelligent. Compatible with Rooster or Ox.

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About

Chinese-American Architect of sleek 20th century buildings; considered to be the Master of Modern Architecture who was inspired by the gardens of Suzhou. He was also controversial, especially after he designed a glass-and-steel pyramid for Paris' Musée du Louvre in the early 1980s.

Before Fame

He went to a school in Shanghai that allowed students only one-half of a day a month of free time. He studied architecture at the University of Pennsylvania, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the Harvard Graduate School of Design after relocating to the United States in 1935. He eschewed the fixation on Beaux-Arts architecture that the University of Pennsylvania and MIT possessed and began researching emerging Architects such as Le Corbusier. He became friends with Walter Gropius and Marcel Breuer, both famed Bauhaus Architects.

Trivia

He founded I.M. Pei & Associates in 1955 after working for seven years under notable New York real estate magnate william Zeckendorf; his organization would become known as I.M. Pei & Partners in 1966, then Pei Cobb Freed & Partners in 1989.

Family Life

He and Eileen Loo were married in 1939; she was his introduction to the GSD community. He fathered four children with her, including Future Architects Chien Chung Pei and Li Chung Pei.

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He wanted to attend college in the United States after seeing how fun school could be from Bing Crosby films he had watched.

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