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Pei and found
As a child, Pei found the Lion Grove Garden | Shizilin Garden in Suzhou to be " an ideal playground ".
MIT's architecture faculty was also focused on the Beaux-Arts school, and Pei found himself uninspired by the work.
Nevertheless, they became good friends and Pei found the experience personally enriching.
As the opening neared, however, Pei found the hotel still needed work.
Pei also found the pyramid shape best suited for stable transparency, and considered it " most compatible with the architecture of the Louvre, especially with the faceted planes of its roofs ".
When designing the exterior, Pei borrowed from the tradition of Japanese temples, particularly those found in nearby Kyoto.
Jobs found office space in Palo Alto on 3475 Deer Creek Road, occupying a glass and concrete building which featured a staircase designed by architect I. M. Pei.
The Liu Song Dynasty historian Pei Songzhi, when compiling his annotated version of the Records of the Three Kingdoms, found Xi Zaochi's work unreliable at times.
Pei does not specifically comment on Meng Huo's historicity, but points out elsewhere that Xi writes history not found in earlier records, hence the Yunnan historian Fang Guoyu ( 方国瑜 ) uses Pei's doubts on Xi's unreliability to challenge the story of Meng Huo's seven captures ( though Fang does not go as far as to doubt Meng Huo's existence ).
The only remaining place that Coca-Cola Raspberry can be found is in Coca-Cola's new line of Touch Screen vending machines called Freestyle found in select Jack in the Box, Taco Time Northwest, Five Guys, Moe's Southwest Grill, Fuddruckers, Burger King, Wegmans Food Markets, Davanni's Restaurants, Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers, Firehouse Subs and Pei Wei Asian Diner stores in the US.

Pei and own
Pei spent ten years working with New York real estate magnate William Zeckendorf before establishing his own independent design firm that eventually became Pei Cobb Freed & Partners.
The younger Pei, drawn more to music and other cultural forms than to his father's domain of banking, explored art on his own.
Pei said: " My father began living his own separate life pretty soon after that.
During one lecture Pei urged the audience to search China's own traditions for architectural inspiration.
Pei refers to his own " analytical approach " when explaining the lack of a " Pei School ".
Pei compiled the teachings from his own notes and sent the manuscript to the senior monks on Mount Huangbo for further editing and emendation.
Supporters of Nationalist China openly slaughtered prisoners who refused to go to Taiwan, while Communist sympathizers hung one of their own in secret for betraying the identity of Commissar Pei to the Americans during an interrogation session.
Nevertheless, Emperor Yang was probably more interested in obtaining Japan's support in his campaigns against Goguryeo than in matters of decorum, and despite the insult, he sent his own envoy, Pei Shiqing ( 裴世清 ), back to Japan with Ono.

Pei and ;
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The US realized that its bombs used against the stone buildings of Europe would be ineffective against Japanese cities, mostly constructed from wood and paper ; Pei was assigned to work on incendiary bombs.
Pei also drew inspiration from the Mesa Verde cliff dwellings of the Ancient Pueblo Peoples ; he wanted the buildings to exist in harmony with their natural surroundings.
Roberts intended his comments as typical of scientific experimentation, rather than artistic critique ; still, Pei was frustrated.
Working with his associate Theodore Musho, Pei developed a design centered on a building with a top much wider than the bottom ; the facade leans at an angle of 34 degrees.
It was influenced by Le Corbusier's High Court building in Chandigarh, India ; Pei sought to use the significant overhang to unify building and plaza.
LOF countersued Hancock for defamation, accusing Pei's firm of poor use of their materials ; I. M. Pei & Partners sued LOF in return.
The site housed a decrepit hotel ; Pei was invited to tear it down and build a new one.
Pei was also meticulous about the arrangement of items in the garden behind the hotel ; he even insisted on transporting of rocks from a location in southwest China to suit the natural aesthetic.
The small parcel of land made a tall tower necessary, and Pei had usually shied away from such projects ; in Hong Kong especially, the skyscrapers lacked any real architectural character.
The sponsors of the hall, however, sought Pei for specifically this reason ; they wanted the building to have an aura of respectability from the beginning.
Pei had difficulty working with German government officials on the project ; their utilitarian approach clashed with his passion for aesthetics.
" But this originality does not always bring large financial reward ; as Pei replied to the successful architect: " Just once, I'd like to make the kind of money you do.
The Hai River (), previously called Bai He ( Chinese: 白河 ; pinyin: Bái Hé ; literally " White River "; Pei Ho in Western sources ), is a river in the People's Republic of China which flows through Beijing and Tianjin before emptying into the Yellow Sea at the Bohai Gulf.
In China, Pei Xiu ( 224 – 271 ) identified " measuring right angles and acute angles " as the fifth of his six principles for accurate map-making, necessary to accurately establish distances ; while Liu Hui ( c. 263 ) gives a version of the calculation above, for measuring perpendicular distances to inaccessible places.
Liu Bei ( Wade-Giles spelling: Liu Pei ; ; 161 – 10 June 223 ), also known by his style name Liu Xuande ( Wade-Giles spelling: Liu Hsuan-te ), was a warlord, military general and later the founding emperor of the state of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms era of Chinese history.
In 196, Lü Bu turned against Liu Bei and seized the city of Xiapi, effectively taking over governorship of Xu Province, forcing Liu Bei to move to the nearby town of Xiaopei ( 小沛 ; present-day Pei County, Anhui ).
When Yu Di went to Chang ' an to pay homage to Emperor Xianzong later in 808, he was made Sikong ( 司空 ) and chancellor, and kept at Chang ' an ; he was replaced as the military governor of Shannan East Circuit by Pei Jun ( 裴均 ).
It was said that Liu Shan, then already several years old, was separated from Liu Bei when the latter was attacked by Cao Cao in Xiaopei ( 小沛 ; present-day Pei County, Jiangsu ) in 200.
Famous alumni of St. Paul ’ s include I. M. Pei, the internationally renowned architect whose important works include Le Louvre Pyramid and the JFK Presidential Library and Museum ; and famous journalist, Ching Cheong.
The university operates 16 galleries, notably Gutstein Gallery, Pei Ling Chan Gallery, Pinnacle Gallery and La Galerie Bleue in Savannah ; ACA Gallery of SCAD ; and Moot Gallery in Hong Kong.

Pei and new
Pei was inspired by the innovative designs of the new International style, characterized by simplified form and the use of glass and steel materials.
In 1955 Pei's group took a step toward institutional independence from Webb and Knapp by establishing a new firm called I. M. Pei & Associates.
Pei, helped to set new standards for architecture in Canada in the 1960s ...
Pei was able to return to hands-on design when he was approached in 1961 by Walter Orr Roberts to design the new Mesa Laboratory for the National Center for Atmospheric Research outside Boulder, Colorado.
By the mid-70s, Pei tried proposing a new design, but the library's opponents resisted every effort.
Mellon and Pei both expected large crowds of people to visit the new building, and they planned accordingly.
Perhaps even more personally important for Pei was a new offer from the Chinese government, which had come in 1982.
Although the city of Cleveland benefited greatly from the new tourist attraction, Pei was unhappy with it.
At the same time, Pei designed a new museum for Luxembourg, the Musée d ' art moderne Grand-Duc Jean, commonly known as the Mudam.
Pei also worked at this time on two projects for a new Japanese religious movement called Shinji Shumeikai.
Although it was originally planned for the corniche road along Doha Bay, Pei convinced project coordinators to build a new island to provide the needed space.
Once again, Pei sought to combine new design elements with the classical aesthetic most appropriate for the location of the building.
Architect I. M. Pei was awarded the project and proposed a glass pyramid to stand over a new entrance in the main court, the Cour Napoléon.
Urban renewal projects in the 1970s, including the Pei Plan, removed many older historic structures but failed to spark much new development, leaving the city dotted with vacant lots used for parking.
At a point in the planning phase when a financing gap existed, a proposal was made for the Rock Hall to be located in the then-vacant May Company Building, but it was finally decided that architect I. M. Pei would be commissioned to design a new building.
Pei to design a new headquarters building at the corner of Santa Monica and Wilshire Boulevards in Beverly Hills.
Fiterman Hall was to have been replaced by a new building designed by the architectural firm Pei Cobb Freed & Partners.
As a young backbencher, Evans was one of the two parliamentarians chosen to sit – along with international architects I. M. Pei and John Andrews – on the Parliament House Competition Assessment Panel which in 1979 chose the winning design for the new Australian Parliament House.
Around the new year 733, Emperor Xuanzong removed then-chancellors Xiao Song and Han Xiu from their chancellor positions, and named Pei Yaoqing and Zhang to replace them — ordering Zhang to end his period of mourning, which was to last for three years, early, making him Zhongshu Shilang but with the chancellor de facto designation of Tong Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhanshi ( 同中書門下平章事 ).
Traffic then continues its way back to the Shing Mun Tunnels via the new road and the existing Cheung Pei Shan Road.
The new school building of Pei Tong was constructed at No. 50, Sunset Grove from 1964 to 1965.
Pei Tong Public School moved into its new premises at 50, Sunset Grove on 28 August 1972.
Between 1979 and 1980, the School Board negotiated with the Ministry of Education until it was agreed and approved by all the sponsors that in order to improve the school, all properties of Pei Tong Public School would be handed over to the Ministry of Education as from 1981 ; the new government primary school to be built on Avenue 5 Clementi New Town be named Pei Tong Primary School ; all the teaching and non-teaching staff and pupils be transferred to the new school ; and members of the School Board join as members of the School Advisory Committee.

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