Building News:
Grand-duc Jean Modern Art Museum, Luxembourg
2006
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners : Museum Building

I M Pei Buildings - featured:
Bank of China - Tower, Hong Kong
Javits Convention Center, New York, USA
Johnson Museum of Art, New York, USA
The Louvre Museum Pyramid, Paris, France


Louvre Pyramid, Paris : photo © adrian welch

Buildings in more detail:
Bank of China - Tower
Bank of China, 1 Garden Road, Central, Hong Kong
1985-90
I.M. Pei & Partners, Sherman Kung & Associates Architects Ltd

high towers cluster, bank of china on left: photo © adrian welch

367m high skyscraper, clean styling with strong diagonal motif and double spikes at top. Apparently bad feng shui according to Hong Kong architects that I spoke to.

Public viewing at 42nd floor at time of writing, 2005:

views from bank of china by architect i.m. pei images © adrian welch

Tallest building in Hong Kong and Asia from 1989 to 1992, until the completion
of Central Plaza, 374m high.
Bank of China Hong Kong

Javits Convention Center
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, 655 West 34th Street, New York
1979-86
I M Pei & Partners, Architects
I M Pei Building : New York

Johnson Museum of Art
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell campus, Ithaca, New York
1973
I M Pei & Partners, Architects
Monumental concrete building
New York State Architecture


Louvre Pyramid, Paris : photo © adrian welch

Pyramide du Louvre / Louvre
Paris
1989
I.M. Pei & Partners [Pei Cobb Freed & Partners], Architects
The Louvre Pyramid by IM Pei was one of the most controversial of President Mitterrands´ Grand Projets:

Louvre Pyramid, Paris : photo © adrian welch

Entitled Le Grand Louvre, the design completed in 1981 involved a glass pyramid central to the courtyard allowing better access and circulation into these famous Parisian galleries.
Paris Louvre Pyramid

John Hancock Tower, Boston
1976
I.M. Pei, Architect
Boston building
790ft high, 60 storeys
Hancock Place : tallest building in New England

I M Pei : Other Buildings (alphabetical):

Dallas City Hall, 1500 Marilla Street, Dallas, Texas
1977

Fountain Place, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas, USA
1986
Pei Cobb Freed and Partners
Former Allied Bank Tower

Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, 2301 Flora Street, Dallas, Texas, USA
1989

NASCAR Hall of Fame, North Carolina, USA
Pei Cobb Freed Architects

Suzhou - Museum, China
2007

Washington Plaza Apartments, 1420 Centre Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1964
24 storeys



I M Pei Architect - Background:
I M Pei & Partners were formed in 1966 and received the American Institute of Architects 1968 Architectural Firm Award. I M Pei & Partners have since become Pei Cobb Freed & Partners: their office is in New York.
Ieoh Ming Pei was born in China in 1917. He formed I M Pei & Associates in 1958.
Buildings featured online by I M Pei architect are The Louvre Pyramid in Paris, the Bank of China Hong Kong and the Javits Convention Center and Johnson Museum of Art.

Paris Buildings
Hong Kong Architecture
New York Architecture

Modern Architects



World Architecture : e-architect - a guide to key buildings across the globe

Ieoh Ming Pei : Pritzker Prize Winner 1983

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