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One of Pei's design projects at the GSD was a plan for an art museum in Shanghai.

He wanted to create a mood of Chinese authenticity in the architecture without using traditional materials or styles.

The design was based on straight modernist structures, organized around a central courtyard garden, with other similar natural settings arranged nearby.

It was very well received ; Gropius, in fact, called it " the best thing done in master class ".

Pei received his master's degree in 1946, and taught at Harvard for another two years.