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Pei's and first
Pei's first and only novel, praised in HISPANICA as " an admirable combination of absorbing narrative and sound scholarship ..."

Pei's and design
One of Pei's design projects at the GSD was a plan for an art museum in Shanghai.
Pei's design was based on a circular tower with concentric rings.
As with previous projects, abundant green spaces were central to Pei's vision, which also added traditional townhouses to aid the transition from classical to modern design.
The tower's smooth aluminum and glass surface and crisp unadorned geometric form demonstrate Pei's adherence to the mainstream of 20th-century modern design.
The success of NCAR brought renewed attention to Pei's design acumen.
Time magazine headlined its review of Pei's design for the East Building " Masterpiece on the Mall ".
Pei's design included a large central atrium covered by glass panels not unlike those used for the East Building of the National Gallery.
Younger Chinese were disappointed by Pei's design, hoping that he would bring some of the cubist flavor for which he had become known.
The newspaper Le Figaro had vehemently criticized Pei's design, but later celebrated the tenth anniversary of its magazine supplement at the pyramid.
Pei's design placed the rigid shoebox at an angle to the surrounding street grid, connected at the north end to a long rectangular office building, and cut through the middle with an assortment of circles and cones.
I. M. Pei's design, which he came to call Shangri-La, is executed in a hilly and forested landscape.

Pei's and included
L ' Enfant Plaza Corp. was a syndicate led by former United States Air Force Lieutenant General Elwood R. Quesada, and included Chase Manhattan Bank president David Rockefeller, D. C. businessman David A. Garrett, investment banker André Meyer, and the real estate investment firm of Gerry Brothers & Co. Quesada said that if the Redevelopment Land Agency approved the sale, his company would begin immediate construction of the promenade, the parking garage beneath it, and the plaza using Pei's 10-year-old plans.
Pei's proposal included several points:

Pei's and large
Meanwhile, believing the chancellor Pei Yan to be undermining her authority, she executed Pei under accusation of treason and demoted a large number of officials and generals who dared to speak in Pei's defense, later executing some of them.
Under Pei's proposal, a large food storage would be built at Hulao, where Bian River ( 汴水, a major shipping route from the Yangtze to the Yellow ) joined Yellow River, and the ships from the Yangtze region would offload their supplies at Hulao.
Pursuant to Pei's proposal, a shipping station was built at the point where the Yellow River and the Bian River joined, with two large food storages — Heyin Storage ( 河陰倉 ) to the east and Boyai Storage ( 柏崖倉 ) to the west.

Pei's and glass
Like most of Pei's work, the, three story building is a series of geometric forms: consisting of two curved wings, one mainly of glass and one mainly of masonry, set around a central atrium with a skylight that rises to become a low, conical glass tower.

Pei's and pyramid
I. M. Pei's Louvre Pyramid | pyramid now stands in the foreground, instead of the grove of trees.
* 1989 – I. M. Pei's pyramid addition to the Louvre is opened.

Pei's and would
The project differed from Pei's earlier urban work ; it would rest in an open area in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.

Pei's and fill
Pei's architectural team added more fill to cover the pipe and developed an elaborate ventilation system to conquer the odor.

Pei's and interior
I. M. Pei's interior style in Miho museum
I. M. Pei's interior style in Miho museum

Pei's and with
A member of Pei's staff returned for a visit several years later and confirmed that it had become dilapidated, which he and Pei attributed to the country's general unfamiliarity with deluxe buildings.
Given the elder Pei's history with the bank before the Communist takeover, government officials visited the 89-year-old man in New York to gain approval for his son's involvement.
One staff member sympathized with Pei's frustrations with the lack of organization at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, admitting that he was " operating in a vacuum ".
Pei's style is described as thoroughly modernist, with significant cubist themes.
Emperor Muzong was displeased with Pei's accusations, but as Pei was a prominent statesman, placated Pei by demoting Wei to be the director of the imperial armory and Yuan to be the deputy minister of public works ( 工部侍郎, Gongbu Shilang ), relieving Yuan of his position as imperial scholar.

Pei's and meant
Pei's ancestors ' success meant that the family lived in the upper echelons of society, but Pei said his father was " not cultivated in the ways of the arts ".

Pei's and represent
Pei's Green, Dreyfus, Landau, and Wiesner buildings represent high forms of post-war modernist architecture.

Pei's and Kennedy's
Kennedy's assassination led indirectly to another commission for Pei's firm.

Pei's and had
Pei's choice had two roots.
Indeed, hearing about Pei's tour, Eastern Tujue and Shiwei forces launched a raid against him, but by the time that they arrived, Pei had already returned to Tang territory.

Pei's and for
Its unusual rock formations, stone bridges, and waterfalls remained etched in Pei's memory for decades.
Pei's father urged him to remain in the United States, and he worked for two years at the Boston engineering firm of Stone & Webster.
Pei's associate Araldo A. Cossutta was the lead architect for the plaza's North Building ( 955 L ' Enfant Plaza SW ), South Building ( 490 L ' Enfant Plaza SW ), and Center Building ( 475 L ' Enfant Plaza SW ; now the United States Postal Service headquarters ).
LOF countersued Hancock for defamation, accusing Pei's firm of poor use of their materials ; I. M. Pei & Partners sued LOF in return.
The project became a badge of shame for Pei's firm ; he refused to discuss it for many years, and the architects began looking overseas to find commissions.
With an eye toward the Transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong from the British in 1997, authorities in China sought Pei's aid on a new tower for the local branch of the Bank of China.
It was Mario Pei's 1949 The Story of Language that can be blamed for the false origin.
They later became known for their philanthropy in diverse areas such as modern art and aviation, including several Guggenheim Museums as well as the Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory and I. M. Pei's Guggenheim Pavilion at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City.
Pei's associate Araldo A. Cossutta was the lead architect for the North Building ( 955 L ' Enfant Plaza SW ) and South Building ( 950 L ' Enfant Plaza SW ).
In 733, after the chancellor Pei Guangting died, Emperor Xuanzong asked Pei's fellow chancellor Xiao Song for a recommendation.

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