The rock n roll a “ huge tent”? Look closer; drop the needle and play. Perfect.
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Dallas City Hall is more interesting than many of these.
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Whether staid and traditional, playful and humorous, futuristic and visionary, or anything in between, great architecture is not merely the execution of a set of drawings and plans, however daringly conceived and engineered. Like other works of art -- a great book, poem, painting, sculpture or musical composition -- great architecture stimulates memories, perceptions and emotions that are metaphors for our life experiences, for history writ large, and for the future envisioned.
No architect is always successful in these ways, not even Mr. Pei. But he certainly achieved more than many. He is firmly ensconced in the pantheon of great architects, and his legacy will live on.
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A brilliant architect and national treasure! The National Gallery of Art is brilliant: interior sense of space and light, the beautiful knife edge of the exterior of the building. The Tennessee stone!
Whenever I visit an I.M. Pei building, I feel a sense of wonder, delight and serene joy.
Go up to the Calder room in the National Gallery and sit there. Magical, pure spirit and beauty. Calder's work and the space are made for each other, then walk out onto the roof deck garden...spectacular!
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Perhaps last century these were interesting, but all I see is frightening Soviet era buildings free from humanity combined with a single trick pony of lots fo glass. As in how is the Javits Center different than the Louvre Pyramid?
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Next time you are in the lobby of the National Gallery, take a look at the cornerstone.
Pei's name has been touched by so many thousands of people that it is worn and discolored from the oils on their fingers. What a loving tribute by members of the public. The majority of them may not know anything about architecture but somehow they understand they are standing inside one of America's greatest rooms, designed by one of the world's greatest architects.
I know a lot of people don't like the National Gallery. Ha. Sorry, but the public has spoken.
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I am sure they are marvels of construction but gee they are also rather ponderous and ugly. Ok I guess you could say they are maybe serene if you like big chunky blah buildings. I was so looking forward to seeing his work. Surely, surely there are some truly beautiful and functional buildings. I live in NYC, and will keep my eyes open. MOMA is pretty nice and most of the older buildings seem quite lovely to me. Didn't Frank Lloyd Wright have beautiful buildings or am I dreaming?
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@cheerful dramatist Please treat yourself to some of the work of Hadid, Gehry, Piano, Koolhaas, Johnson, Safdie and their contemporaries. Architecture is art, and these artists and others, including Mr. Pei, tower among them.
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@Mercutio
I cannot agree more! A great pleasure in this life is to experience great architecture. Buildings make us feel certain things, connect us to space, light and materials. The interplay of these elements with the purpose/use of the building can be a transformative , deeply moving experience.
I shall add the great Louis Kahn and Frank Lloyd Wright to your list.
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I'm surprised no mention of two high-profile I.M. Pei designs on opposite corners of downtown Dallas - its city hall (1978) and the Morton Meyerson Symphony Center (1989). Each a distinct blend of design and functionality that only Mr. Pei could master.
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I didn't know any of his buildings other than the Louvre pyramid and now I know why. Bland, blank fortresses from these images. I like Brutalist architecture, which I know they aren't, but they're worse than that maligned style. Better in person, maybe?
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Echo the obviously what’s missing on this list, the Bank of China in HK. One of the most iconic and admired of Pei’s works.
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The Louvre pyramid is brilliant, the perfect counterpoint to the historic architecture it reflects. Those who treasure the original buildings should applaud Pei's refusal to mimic them.
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It will never be one of his better known buildings, but the Miho Museum outside Shigaraki, Japan is one of Mr. Pei's most serene legacies. It was a privilege to visit, and we listened to a recorded interview in which Mr. Pei described it as his most beautiful design.
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I agree- Miho museum is georgeous!
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Beautiful buildings, truly the embodiment of the motto for architecture ie. form and function. I echo other readers’ request for more pictures of other buildings designed by Mr. Pei, including that of the Bank of China in Hong Kong.
Thank you NYT for another interesting article.
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Even a small commission was thoughtfully and carefully fitted to the space and the surroundings: come see the Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine.
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@memosyne wow I have always thought that building clearly was designed by someone who had no interest in the place where it would reside. I have no clue how you could assert that building as being carefully fitted - just because it is brick? Every building next to it is similarly styled, then you have this over height flat brick wall. No way does this fit into the area.
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A reflection regarding creativity and professionalism . Mr. I.M.Pei's creativity, craftsmanship and knowledge of his field, is present in each of his buildings. His legacy is a respect for the human needs, on how with knowledge of his field and solid craftsmanship he has re-created human spaces, as a live undertaken and as a visual feast.. Furthermore, Mr. Pei's work is, fundamentally, a respect for the the past, for tradition as his Louvre Pyramid attest in its dialogue with the "old" Louvre. How different is what is going today within the world of art, where creativity signifies, do whatever you want, no need of any tradition, on the contrary, any skills or craftsmanship is a sign of "daring." Pei's work is a good reflection on how much the world of art has lost, where the aesthetic tradition has been cancelled; where the "value" of an "art" work resides in its "monetary" value. Mr. Pei, thank you for your contribution to the enrichment of the world of solid creativity.
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These buildings are ugly. The Louvre pyramid is an insult to the historic architecture already on the site. It's like a spoiled child who wants all the attention. Way overrated.
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@Stanley Gomez Deeply disagree. Although I'm always sceptical about modern additions to old structures, Pei's pyramides fits brilliantly within the overall symetry of the Louvres' courtyard. Hundreds of similar attempts to be criticized or demolished, but not this one
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I remember very well the heated debate when the Louvre pyramid project was unveiled. Like many french I was amongst the sceptics.
But once I saw the achieved construction I had to admit that it is a masterpiece: such elegance, simplicity and most importantly and strangely enough an utter and complete lack of dissonance with the "old" Louvre!
Lot of things are overrated in the architectural world (and more generaly speaking in the modern art world for that matter..); but not Pei's Louvre Pyramide.
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@Stanley Gomez "Ugly." The president of France, the mayor Paris and millions of admirers disagree. How many times have you been there?
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He was a gifted marketer, spending great amounts of his time wooing clients...even to the brand of coffee they liked.
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Surprised to see that no one has mentioned the "Society Hill Towers" in Old City Philadelphia..Spectacular at the time, and still impressive from any view.
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@Artreality -- actually, it is in a separate neighborhood known as Society Hill, just South of the Old City. But yes, I'm just splitting hairs.
@Artreality. huh, never heard anyone mention that they actually like the society hill towers. Monolith, drab, and towering over the historic part of the city, I've always thought they were an eyesore
Good enough to be over-praised.
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There are many in the world who wonder what's so good about the Louvre glass pyramid.
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@Grunchy
I didn't like it until I actually saw how it worked. It successfully solved a very, very difficult problem. But do I love it? Not really.
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It might be that it just needs to be seen in person.
I know that it was the case for me.
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"Architects may come and
Architects may go and
Never change your point of view"
- Simon & Garfunkel
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The Kennedy Library in Boston belongs on the list of his best commissions. Heartbreaking, yet strong and graceful. A perfect monument to memory.
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NCAR is one of my favorite buildings. The design is just as fresh today as it was when it was constructed.
The 16th Street Mall in Denver is another Pei creation; but sadly his 'Hyperbolic Paraboloid' and the May D & F department store that occupied it in Denver's Zeckendorf Plaza are gone. The mall is scheduled for renovation.
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I have to say, Pei's designs are bold, but it's not really to my liking. The Boston City Hall is a case in point. It's imposing, it's impersonal, but it's a total waste of open space. I really hope Boston would repurpose all those wasted space and add some greenery to make the public space a bit more inviting.
And, I still hate the Louvre Pyramid. Just because it looks different doesn't make it good.
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@tiddle Can't say that I am too familiar, but one quick look at all these structures and I was surprised to see a bunch of cold and unwelcoming brutalist-style concrete blocks. Sharp edges everywhere it seems, like you get close and you could get injured. Not my favorite either. That was an era. Overhyped. And the pyramid at the Louvre well, hum. Maybe it'll leak and they will have to take it down.
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@tiddle
Did Pei do city hall in Boston?
Don't forget the Silver Towers...it's where I grew up!
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We watched the East Wing of the National Gallery being built from our Air Force offices in Tempo E at 4th and Adams Drive (all gone now) and we were among the very first to enter and marvel... The great mobile that welcomed us... No disappointments anywhere... TY, RIP...
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It would have been great to see a few more pictures and some interiors.
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Don't forget the Herbert F. Johnson Museum on the Cornell University campus!
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I'm sure that in the past there was just as much gushing over the various abominations of Brutalism that are now recognized for what they are, and are being demolished. Many of these "creations" will probably suffer the same fate.
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@Daedalus
Pei did not design the Boston City Hall,and he was never a member of the Brutalist movement.
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Should it survive, the pyramid at the Louvre will make future centuries thing very poorly of our times.
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I don’t hate it as much as when it was first proposed; and it certainly turned out to be popular. To me it simply smacks of the arrogance and a seemingly necessary stamp/slap of the 20th Century upon the beauty of another.
Thank you for stating “it won over m o s t of its critics.
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@Great Scott! But what it did was make a clear entrance to the sprawling complex- it was really quite a genius concept.
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"Genius concept" is something I would apply to something that adds function or utility, or conserves space, or somehow does more with less. The pyramid doesn't do anything like that, it's just a big glass quadrahedral (or whatever).
For example, the bar in my neighborhood put rolling doors on the wall. They close in the winter, open up for space and ventilation in the summer. Genius!
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I've been fortunate to see much of I. M. Pei's work over the years and one of the most beautiful and functional is a building that is part of the Des Moines Art Center. https://www.desmoinesartcenter.org/about/architecture/pei
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You left out the horrendous John Hancock Tower in Boston that vehemently disturbs walkers to this day and the related obtusely geometric JKF Library white elephant unvisited on the Boston Harbor. These building are for the most part assemblages of shapes one might make out of a kit of Legos missing half the pieces, to purposely create something disturbing as a thought experiment. The forms are geometric whim without warmth or logic. They are tediously strained for no functional purpose.
The Hancock Tower is a uniquely forgettable shape yet unforgettably out of place, it's anti-human low quality glazing unavoidable in one's face at street level. It has the charm of a shopping cart thrown into a salt marsh.
Pei's buildings make a viewer scream, "Why the hell did he do that?" The mind then gives careful consideration, sometimes for decades of observation and never comes up with a reasonable answer. Was "psychic annoyance" an aesthetic when these were built? Hang a giant threatening mass over the visitor's head, induce vertigo with unstable planes of boring institutional glass, cantilevers to nowhere that do nothing, edges too sharp to fit a person inside. It's a classic case of a bad time for architecture and projects that must sustain a hagiography or, heaven forbid, be laughed at. I want an exception for the Louvre but it's not like many other designs might have been as good because the setting is so wonderful and the design is quite unlike most of his work.
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@CK, I wholeheartedly agree with you.
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@CK
You WISH the Hancock Tower could be unforgettable. For a long time, they had to hire someone to watch for windows falling out to the building, among other catastrophies.
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@CK - Correction to the last sentence: "... it's not like many other would designs would NOT have been as good ...."
Mostly concrete bunkers.
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I.M. Pei designed Baltimore's World Trade Center, located at the water's edge in Baltimore's Inner Harbor.
When the harbor rose about 6 feet above high tide during Hurricane Isabel in 2003, water flooded the WTC's basement, submerging the HVAC and elevator equipment.
Those items normally go on a rooftop, but went below sea-level to give the building a cleaner look. Ooops!
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J&J World Headquarters New Brunswick, NJ buildings. Just off the main train line on the corridor.
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And he's probably the architect that started the trend among architects of donning funky eye wear!!
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@Nothing Surprises Me Anymore
Nope, those round glasses have been de rigeur for architects for a long while.
Perhaps one has to be educated in architecture to appreciate these buildings. To me the Louvre pyramid is ugly and out of place. The other iconic buildings look like a child's building blocks.
I have been in a hospital designed by Pei. It was more expensive than necessary (before it went drastically over budget because of design elements that were inadequate for a healthcare facility), and while there are very expensive touches that make it look grand, it functions (finally) just like a hospital.
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@MEM I acutally think the Louvre Pyramid is the best sowk shown here. Consider; what would be "in place", another traditional structure? Think of the challenge this project presented. I think the juxtaposition of style and period enhances both the old and new elements. Then there is the geometric perfection and symmetry, beautiful in itself.
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@MEM This is why the Pyramid at the Louvre is a great piece: the museum needed a structure to support its new entrance after it underwent considerable renovation as well as massive underground excavation of its medieval foundations. The Pyramid is transparent (there is no obstruction of view when you stand outside), it brings natural light to the lower level (entrance hall), and it echoes the large collection of Egyptian art that have long defined the museum. I grew up in Paris and I remember that before the Pyramid, there was a parking lot with cars on that very spot (government offices were still located in the Louvre at that time). I love the Pyramid and I love the Louvre!
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Anyone who still thinks the Louvre entrance was a mistake--which a first-hand experience of the space should correct--might want to check out the Beverly Hills city hall extension done in the 1980s. The original 1932 Spanish Revival building had a cheap-looking imitation with pasted-on embellishments glued onto its side, an addition that is not classical, modern, post-modern, or pretty, but rather a kitschy attempt at referencing the 1930s architecture. It's a glaring flub, and one that validates Pei's instinct to handle the antique setting of the Louvre in a way that didn't involve mimicry, which is always bound to fail. The sleek glass pyramid lets the older building continue on its own terms without any distraction. Perfect.
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...and Newhouse I at Syracuse--go Orange!
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@Jake Yes, Go Orange! I had a hideous 8 a.m. class in Newhouse I during a spring semester. I remember the I.M. Pei building and my professor (Mrs. Wright) with fondness. The early mornings in January and February (brr!).....not so much.
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Light, shadow and shape, changing with the weather.
Mr. Pei understood how a building would play to the audience and seasons.
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also bushnell tower in downtown hartford a beautiful lace to live
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I.M. Pei's recommendations for Oklahoma City in the 1960s resulted in destruction of dozens of beautiful old buildings, entire neighborhoods where African American people and culture had flourished for decades, and many years of a ghost town in place of a bustling downtown. The city has begun to recover, with much renovation and building happening throughout the city center, but we are stuck with ugly mirrored boxes instead of much historical architecture.
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@Elle Presentism, revisionism, historical 20/20 hindsight - it's amazing that anything new gets built, like the Transamerica Pyramid
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Nice piece. Great list. Iconic a great word to use. My list would include the Green Building (also referred to as Building 54) on the MIT campus - also an icon.
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The greatest of I. M.’s and his partners’ accomplishments wasn’t a building. It was the firm, I. M.Pei & Partners, one of the most collegial, top-heavy-with-talent firms in the world from about 1975 to around 1990. A very special place.
I’d like to mention, in particular, Henry Nichols (“Harry”) Cobb, James Ingo Freed, Mike Flynn, the Wong brothers, Press Moore, Ted Musho. Apologies to anyone I forgot There were many very talented and committed people.
The media does the whole world a grave disservice by focusing on the “starchitect.” When we will get that it’s the team, not the individual?
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So glad you included NCAR in Boulder. I consider it a local architectural treasure: functional, beautiful, iconic.
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@EBosley
I rather enjoyed the view from the balconies of the mountains, looking out from within : )
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I am not a fan of most of the "starchitects" and that includes Mr. Pei. The Louvre, in particular, remains a blight on that city's historic face. He borrowed the triangular forms again for the abysmal Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which looks like it was designed as a water treatment plant on the lakeshore.
And you can tell me all night long that the NCAR building was "inspired" by cliff dwellings, but it's just flat out ugly and brutalist, in a way those structures never were.
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A shout out for local IMP work would have been nice - https://ny.curbed.com/maps/im-pei-architecture-new-york-buildings
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Shhhhh... the nyt isn’t local anymore, dontcha know?? It’s global, you can tell by the sports pages and EPL stuff. Get with it.
Too bad you didn't include the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas on your list. The sweeping asymmetrical glass roof was re-engineered three times before they were happy with it. The large white and airy lobby was a contrast to the warm shoe box size concert hall with its dark wood, marble, and brass. One African tree was used for all the wood laminate on the seat backs. Nothing was spared for the sound engineering.
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@GDub And don't forget that Fisk pipe organ there! New York's two (allegedly "world class") concert halls should be embarrassed that neither of them has a pipe organ installed. Dallas is way ahead of Gotham in that respect.
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Pei's is the only "contemporary" architecture in the world that can make me cry—and occasionally laugh and cry at the same time. He is both sly and sensitive.
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When I first saw the East Building of the National Gallery, back in 1978, I was completely blown away. Take 10 steps in the huge central atrium and the whole space looks different. I went back countless times, and each time the exhibits (which were wonderful) were paled by the art of the building itself.
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If I could expand the range of attribution a bit, one of Boston's most elegant buildings is the Hancock tower, designed by Henry N. Cobb while he was at I.M. Pei & Partners. (I clearly remember people blaming Pei when the windows were falling out in the 70s.)
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Our family has spent many a day admiring the National Center for Atmospheric Research. I usually wouldn't wish a building intruding on the majestic views of the Flatirons but this one fits right in. A testament to Mr. Pei's sensibilities.
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Top Six? What an odd choice of number. Is there some significance to the choice or was it completely arbitrary. The breathtaking JFK library, if not in the Top Six would clearly have made the Top Ten, no?
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A towering figure that ranks with the best. He's up there with Wright. And to live to a 102. Well done!
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I went to the opening of the East Wing of the National Art Gallery In 1978 as a teenager. It was the first time I saw a building as art. My family and I walked around the building marveling at its crisp lines and unique geometry. If art speaks to the soul, Mr Pei’s work was art on a grand scale, firing the imagination of a young man and inspiring big dreams.
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It is clear that I M Pei’s influence can not be confined to a mere list of his “top 10” designs. It would be more appropriate to list the top 50. Legend has it that the art museum on the Indiana University’s Bloomington campus that he designed has no right angles. The foyer, with angled stairs rising to the second floor, is such a dramatic space, influenced by light and shadow. I live within walking distance of the Herbert F Johnson Museum of Art on the Cornell University campus, and the “sewing machine” design of Pei still remains controversial but intriguing. Perhaps The NY Times should list all of of Pei’s works. It would be a fitting tribute.
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Yes, Cornell's Johnson Museum of Art should be included, even if it was controversial. because of Pei's astounding world wide designs, the Museum draws many to the Cornell U structure, who might not necessarily visit the campus. Thus, it, in a way, has promoted the University, whether you like the design or not. My husband, a graduate of Cornell's School of Architecture, always appreciated the design (as did I).
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He was a visionary, and I have come to appreciate the Louvre Pyramid, but most of his work is just so heavy and blocky on the exterior, could be a lot more graceful. I don't think a building should be an assault on the senses.
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@GMR. I also find some of his building facades too uniform and unrelenting for my 2019 eyes. The Louvre though is magnificent- a reminder that cities are not static and not even museums are ‘museums’.
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God bless those who give so much to so many.
Rest in peace good sir, and thank you.
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If you go back in the NY Times archives to May 28,1976 you'll find a fantastic article about how Mr. Pei decided to help New Brunswick, N.J.
Reading that article and seeing New Brunswick today it all makes sense: Pei really knew what he was doing, not just in designing buildings but neighborhoods. It took almost 20 years but Mr. Pei's vision is built and seems to be working nicely. The townhomes, the major hotel, the J&J headquarters and the realignment of a highway all fell into place. Pretty amazing.
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It certainly paid to pay Pei. Thanks to the donors who made this wondrous architectural art available to us today.
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R&R Hall of Fame should have been in Memphis.
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Mr. Pei was brilliant, he is why I am an architect.
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I was an intern at The Everson Museum from 1973-1975. There were exciting things happening there including the first ever exhibit of video art. The exhibit was a real “happening” and the museum molded itself perfectly to what was going on inside. We all knew it was a special moment and the creative and unique building complemented the exciting work going in inside.
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What about Tung Hai University in Taiwan? I am on the road and can not research.
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The first dormitory to open at the University at Buffalo in Amherst, NY was the "Governors Residence Hall" designed by them back in 1974, with the opening of the new NY state Law School. The second, the Ellicott Complex, designed by Davis Brody, was to incorporate "residential education".
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I don't know if Pei had anything to do with it, but from above the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's front plaza looks like a turntable and the adjoining walkway represents the tonearm of the phonograph.
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@Carl LaFong
That is what Pei intended for it to look like. Wishing more people realized his intent and this article mentioned such.
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I am surprised that this article did not cover the Miho Museum In Japan. It involved moving a mountain to place the museum and then bringing the soil back, so only a small part of it would be visible. The bridge between two mountains, leading to the museum, is one of a kind, for it is anchored only on one side of a mountain. The entire architectural achievement of the Miho Museum project is stunning.
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I had never seen the Museum Of Islamic art. Just stunning.
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The Bank of China Tower is another beauty, maybe it can be included in the top dozen.
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What about The Bank Of China building in Hong Kong?
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In the East Wing of the National Gallery, the engraving of IM Pei's name on the dedication wall shows the dirt of the thousands of fingers that touched his name. That's a pretty clear indication of the love and respect museum goers have for him.
I hope the $69 million renovation didn't clean this up.
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The Miho Museum in Japan probably deserves mention.
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@Cynthia Norton It's on my bucket list.
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My introduction to I.M. Pei and the most iconic of Pei's buildings to me is the student center I spent a good time in at the University of Rochester, NY. That very cool building, kept warm in the frigid winters by the sun, and the library serve as memorable landmarks; whereas the rest of the structures on campus simply disappeared into the fog of memories lost.
102 years old! Wow! Lots of time for lots of ideas. Too bad Mozart didn't live that long too.
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My mother, in her 80's, was hospitalized for Cancer surgery in the Guggenheim Pavilion of Mt. Sinai hospital in New York; the wing that was designed by I.M. Pei. She attributed her recovery to the beauty of his design and was forever grateful to him.
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@Lee Crespi I grew up with pie’s children during summers as their summer home in katonah shared a driveway with our simple ranch house. Of all the comments written about him, I think yours would have pleased him most
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@Lee Crespi
I had the honor and pleasure to have worked in the recently completed Guggenheim Pavilion of Mt. Sinai Hospital in 1992. The soaring lobby culminating in a skylight some 12 stories up was as beautiful as it was inspiring. As luck would have it, I had the opportunity to be in attendance at the dedication ceremony during which Mr. Pei spoke. Such a gentle and unassuming man is gone, but his legacy will last for generations.
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Hate most of them. Just ugly.
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@Kathy You're right about these selections. Just cement. But, then there's the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center!
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@Kathy One of the joys of the built environment is the variety of architectural styles. Shopping malls hurt my eyes, but I'll drive hundreds of miles to see a building by Frank Lloyd Wright, E. Fay Jones, and I. M. Pei. I find all of the Pei buildings shown here beautiful, although the Everson Museum looks like it could use a cleaning. I've noticed the same kind of aesthetic disagreement about cars: some people like all the strange lines of a Honda Fit or Kia Soul, while others prefer the clean lines of a Tesla or a Jaguar.
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@Kathy I totally agree with you, modernist ugliness at this highest expression.
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Pei designed some very innovative buildings for his era. The East Wing of the National Gallery is probably his best building. The Silver Towers trio in Greenwich Village are the best of their type and time. It was a time of brutalist concrete and he made it somewhat less brutal.
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@Asher Ah, those Silver Towers—like the Society Hill Towers in Philly—can't be improved upon. Their proportions are just...perfect. Such satisfying, understated gems.
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Architects and lovers of architecture don't expect too much from this list.
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RIP IMP
You're inspiration will be missed.
Architecture is a grueling an often unforgiving profession - hopefully he spent his final years in peace and appreciation for his hard work.
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A review needs to consider a building as a usable structure in addition to its grandness as a monument. The Pei-designed Kirklin Clinic in Birmingham has a magnificent aspect -- the view it affords of Red Mountain from any of several balconies within the grand multistorey lobby, but it also has waiting areas for individual clinics in large, drafty Grand Central like spaces that are not welcoming or comforting. That being said, I agree with his assessment of the Louvre project -- I suspect it is the contrast of the austere severity of the pyramid with the old building that makes it so arresting.
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Another iconic building he designed that did not make it in your article is the Media Lab on the campus of MIT in Cambridge, MA.
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Tell me the entrance to the Museum of Islamic Art doesn't look like a frowning face, at least from the point of view of this photo.
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I'm a bit surprised that Dalls City Hall didn't make this list, since it's design is rather unique for a civic building.
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My undergrad college had what were clearly knockoffs of the NCAR buildings. I wonder how much that kind of tribute spread around too.
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That a building could be more than a building
was what he had to say,
And with a lovelier world because of you,
We'll miss you Mr. Pei
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