But he also was interested in architecture as art - and the effect he could create. Pei painstakingly researched each project, studying its use and relating it to the environment. Two of his last major projects, the Museum of Islamic Art, located on an artificial island just off the waterfront in Doha, Qatar, and the Macau Science Center, in China, opened in 20. His work spanned decades, starting in the late 1940s and continuing through the new millennium. Among them are the striking steel and glass Bank of China skyscraper in Hong Kong and the Fragrant Hill Hotel near Beijing. His buildings added elegance to landscapes worldwide with their powerful geometric shapes and grand spaces. Pei’s works ranged from the trapezoidal addition to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., to the chiseled towers of the National Center of Atmospheric Research that blend in with the reddish mountains in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/Pierre Gleizes, File) Pierre Gleizes / Associated Press Show More Show Less Pei, the globe-trotting architect who revived the Louvre museum in Paris with a giant glass pyramid and captured the spirit of rebellion at the multi-shaped Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, has died at age 102, a spokesman confirmed Thursday, May 16, 2019. Pei laughs while posing for a portrait in front of the Louvre glass pyramid, which he designed, in the museum's Napoleon Courtyard, prior to its inauguration in Paris.
(Photo by Philippe LOPEZ / AFP)PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP/Getty Images PHILIPPE LOPEZ Philippe Lopez / AFP / Getty Images Show More Show Less 8 of9 FILE - In this March 29, 1989, file photo, Chinese-American architect I.M. Pei, the preeminent US architect who forged a distinct brand of modern building design with his sharp lines and stark structures, has died, The New York Times said on May 16, 2019.
Pei., and Cheung Kong center are seen in Hong Kong. 6 of9 7 of9 (FILES) In this file photo taken on Jthe Bank of China tower (C), designed by architect I.M.
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