I.M. Pei Architecture Photos |
Ieoh Ming Pei (1917-present) pioneered the use of cast-in-place concrete & glass curtain walls for his structures. Noted structures include the JFK Library (1979) in Boston, the East Wing of the National Gallery of Art (1978) in Washington, DC, the glass pyramid at the Louvre in Paris (1989) & First Interstate World Center (1990) in Los Angeles, Walter Gropius at Harvard was his prime teacher. |
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| First Interstate World Center (1988-90) (633 West Fifth Street) 73 floors. Los Angeles, CA Style: Postmodern. Architect: I.M. Pei & Partners. | Crown of First Interstate World Center (aka US Bank Tower). Los Angeles, CA | Terraces of First Interstate World Center. Los Angeles, CA | Broad Center for Biological Sciences at Cal Tech (2002). Pasadena, CA. Style: Postmodern. Architect: Pei Cobb Freed & Partners. |
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| Stairwell section of Broad Center for Biological Sciences at Cal Tech. Pasadena, CA | Broad Center for Biological Sciences at Cal Tech. Pasadena, CA | Renovated arcade interior of Ferry Building. San Francisco, CA. Architect: I.M. Pei. | National Gallery of Art (east building) (1971-8). Washington, DC Architect: I.M. Pei Ass. |
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| Pyramidal skylights by I.M. Pei for underground passage joining old & new buildings of National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC | Color Panels (1978) by Ellsworth Kelly in National Gallery of Art (east building). Washington, DC | Details of skylights by I.M. Pei in National Gallery of Art (east building) with Alexander Calder mobile. Washington, DC | Walkways by I.M. Pei in National Gallery of Art (east building) with Alexander Calder mobile. Washington, DC |
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| U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (1993) (Raoul Wallenberg Place). Washington, DC. Architect: Pei Cobb Freed & Partners. | U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum victims photo wall. Washington, DC | U.S. Holocaust Museum memorial flame. Washington, DC | U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum architecture. Washington, DC |
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| U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum entrance atrium. Washington, DC | Parsonage & Birds sculpture by Joan Miro at base of JPMorganChase Tower. Houston, TX | JPMorganChase Tower (1982) (600 Travis St.) 75 floors has five sides. Houston, TX Architect: I.M. Pei & Partners. | JPMorganChase Tower, city's tallest building. Houston, TX |
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| Energy Plaza (1983) (1601 Bryan Street) 49 floors over Chapel of Thanksgiving. Dallas, TX Architect: I.M. Pei & Partners. | Fountain Place (1985) (1445 Ross Avenue at Field) 62 floors. Dallas, TX Architect: Pei Cobb Freed & Partners. | Fountain Place & black glass pyramid at base of Renaissance Tower. Dallas, TX | Morton H. Myerson Symphony Center (1989) (2301 Flora Street). Dallas, TX. Architect: I.M. Pei & Partners. |
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| Myerson Symphony Center window array. Dallas, TX | Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum (1995) (1 Key Plaza) 7 floors. Cleveland, OH. Architect: Pei Cobb Freed & Partners. | Rock & Roll Hall of Fame at night. Cleveland, OH | Rock & Roll Hall of Fame pyramid lit at night. Cleveland, OH |
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| Rock & Roll Hall of Fame interior of entrance pyramid. Cleveland, OH | John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library (1979). Boston, MA Architect: I.M. Pei.  | Black & white monolithic structures of Kennedy Library. Boston, MA | Concave windowed wall in atrium of JFK Library. Boston, MA |
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| Bank of America Tower (1986) (100 SE 2nd Street) (47 floors). Miami, FL Architect: Pei Cobb Freed & Partners. | Bank of America Tower. Miami, FL | Curved facade of Bank of America Tower. Miami, FL | Upper story details of Bank of America Tower. Miami, FL |
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