I.M. Pei Complete Works

by Jodidio, Philip; Strong, Janet Adams; Wiseman, Carter; Pei, I. M.

• ISBN13: 9780847831456
• ISBN10: 0847831450
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-11-04
• Publisher: Rizzoli

Summary

When I. M. Pei was awarded the Pritzker Prize in 1983, the jury said he had "given this century some of its most beautiful interior spaces and exterior forms." This monograph, I. M. Pei: Complete Works, attests to this statement showcasing Pei's transcendent, sculptural forms with more than 250 illustrations.Often working with a palette of stone, concrete, glass, and steel, Pei has taken his vision of modern architecture across the globe with commissions in locations as diverse as Quatar, China, Luxembourg, Japan, and Germany. Meanwhile, major projects such as the JFK Library in Boston and the East Building of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. have made him a household name in the United States. This volume honors Pei's tremendous influence by exclusively discussing the projects that he-- rather than any of his partners--had direct, personal interest in. Insightful commentary by renowned writers Philip Jodidio, Janet Adams Strong, and Carter Wiseman, complete the package

Author Biography

Philip Jodidio was the editor in chief of the French art journal Connaissance des Arts from 1980 to 2002. He is the author of more than fifteen books, including monographs on Tadao Ando, Norman Foster, and Richard Meier. Janet Adams Strong is an architecture historian who has taught at Brown University and Rhode Island School of Design. She was director of communications in I. M. Pei’s office for eighteen years. Carter Wiseman is the author of I. M. Pei: A Profile in American Architecture. He was New York Magazine’s architecture critic for sixteen years.

Table of Contents

Webb & Knapp Corporation Headquarters Weekend

Home Helix Gulf Oil

Building Mile High Center

Southwest Washington

Urban Renewal

Plan Hyperboloid Kips Bay

Plaza Society Hill/Washington

Square East East-West Center, University of Hawaii Luce

Chapel University Plaza, New York University

National Center for Atmospheric

Research Everson Museum of Art Air

Traffic Control Towers, Federal Aviation Agency

National Airlines Terminal, JFK International Airport Green, Dreyfus, Landau Buildings, MIT

The Wilmington Tower Cleo Rogers Memorial Library

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Des Moines Art Center

Addition Dallas City Hall

Bedford-Stuyvesant Superblock Herbert F. Johnson

Museum of Art, Cornell University East Wing, National Gallery of Art Paul

Mellon Center for the Arts, The Choate School Oversea-Chinese

Banking Corporation Centre Laura Spellman Rockefeller Halls, Princeton University

Raffles City JFK Memorial Library West Wing, Museum of Fine Arts

IBM Office Building Texas Commerce Building/United

Energy Plaza The Wiesner Building, MIT Fragrant

Hill Hotel The Morton H. Meyerson Symphony

Center Bank of China Tower

Choate-Rosemary Hall Science Center

Creative Artists Agency Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum

The Grand Louvre Four Seasons Hotel Musee d'Art Moderne Miho Museum "Joy of Angels"

Bell Tower Bank of China Head Office Deutsches

Historiches Museum Zeughaus Oare Pavilion

Museum of Islamic Art Suzhou Museum

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