I. M. Pei

Ieoh Ming Pei (b. April 26, 1917) is a Pritzker Prize winning architect, known as the last master of high modernist architecture. He works with the abstract form, using stone, concrete, glass, and steel. Pei is one of the most successful architects of the 20th century.

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Ieoh Ming Pei () was born in Suzhou, China on April 26, 1917 to a prominent banker.

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He was prepared at St. Paul's College, Hong Kong before moving to the United States to study architecture at the age of 17. He started at the University of Pennsylvania before going on to receive his Bachelor of Architecture degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1940. That same year, he was awarded the Alpha Rho Chi Medal, the MIT Travelling Fellowship, and the AIA Gold Medal. He enrolled at the Harvard Graduate School of Design two years later; shortly thereafter, he served at the National Defense Research Committee in Princeton, New Jersey.

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