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IM Pei

Posted: Thu May 16, 2019 5:15 pm
by DaveInSeattle
Yep...
I. M. Pei, the China-born American architect who began his long career working for a New York real-estate developer and ended it as one of the most revered architects in the world, has died. He was 102.

His son Li Chung Pei said on Thursday that his father had died overnight.

Mr. Pei was probably best known for designing the East Building of the National Gallery of Art in Washington and the glass pyramid that serves as an entry for the Louvre in Paris.

Re: IM Pei

Posted: Thu May 16, 2019 5:18 pm
by brian
He was no Eero Saarinen, but still a badass.

Re: IM Pei

Posted: Thu May 16, 2019 6:13 pm
by A_B
They both live on in crossword clues

Re: IM Pei

Posted: Thu May 16, 2019 8:57 pm
by Pruitt
A_B wrote: Thu May 16, 2019 6:13 pm They both live on in crossword clues
Nice!

As did Mel Ott.

Re: IM Pei

Posted: Thu May 16, 2019 9:41 pm
by Rex
Always got him confused with I.P. Dailey

Re: IM Pei

Posted: Fri May 17, 2019 12:07 pm
by Pruitt
Rex wrote: Thu May 16, 2019 9:41 pm Always got him confused with I.P. Dailey
He was the writer.

I was just looking over I.M. Pei's buildings, and while the Louvre addition is cool, in my opinion, a lot of his major projects are pretty ugly.