I. M. Pei
Ieoh Ming Pei was a Chinese-American architect.
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Background
- Born in
- Guangzhou
- Educated at
- University of PennsylvaniaHarvard Graduate School of DesignMIT School of Architecture and Planning
- Awards
- 🏆 Presidential Medal of Freedom🏆 Pritzker Architecture Prize🏆 Praemium Imperiale🏆 Berliner Bär🏆 Royal Gold Medal
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Trending topics shown first"I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity. Freedom of expression, for me, consists in moving within a measured range that I assign to …"
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1917
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