The Mary Baker Eddy Library for the Betterment of Humanity is housed in an 11-story structure originally built for The Christian Science Publishing Society constructed between 1932 and 1934, and the present plaza was constructed in the late 1960s and early 1970s to include a 28 story administration building, a colonnade, and a reflecting pool with fountain, designed by Araldo Cossutta of I. M. Pei and Partners ( now Pei Cobb Freed ).

In the early 1980s, Pei was the focus of controversy when he designed a glass-and-steel pyramid for the Louvre museum in Paris.

Ieoh Ming Pei was born on April 26, 1917 to Tsuyee Pei and Lien Kwun, and the family moved to Hong Kong one year later.

As a boy, Pei was very close to his mother, a devout Buddhist who was recognized for her skills as a flautist.

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 ".

At the age of ten, Pei moved with his family to Shanghai after his father was promoted.

As a pain reliever, she was prescribed opium, and assigned the task of preparing her pipe to Pei.

Pei was fascinated by the representations of college life in the films of Bing Crosby, which differed tremendously from the academic atmosphere in China.

Pei was more intrigued by modern architecture, and also felt intimidated by the high level of drafting proficiency shown by other students.

MIT's architecture faculty was also focused on the Beaux-Arts school, and Pei found himself uninspired by the work.

" Pei was also influenced by the work of US architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

She enrolled in the landscape architecture program at Harvard University, and Pei was thus introduced to members of the faculty at Harvard's Graduate School of Design ( GSD ).

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.

In the spring of 1948 Pei was recruited by New York real estate magnate William Zeckendorf to join a staff of architects for his firm of Webb and Knapp to design buildings around the country.

Pei found Zeckendorf's personality the opposite of his own ; his new boss was known for his loud speech and gruff demeanor.

Zeckendorf was well connected politically, and Pei enjoyed learning about the social world of New York's city planners.

Soon Pei was so inundated with projects that he asked Zeckendorf for assistants, which he chose from his associates at the GSD, including Henry N. Cobb and Ulrich Franzen.

Pei was commissioned to design the Luce Memorial Chapel in Taiwan by the same organization that ran the middle school he had attended in Shanghai.

The pedestrian walkway at the ground floor, however, was prone to sudden gusts of wind, which embarrassed Pei.

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.

Hui Jih in his twenties under Master Hsing Yun, which inspired Hsin Pei to also ordain as well.

In 2011, the Museum opened renovated spaces and a 16, 000-square-foot extension inspired by the original plans drawn up by Pei Cobb Freed & Partners.

Designed by I. M. Pei, the building is high with two masts reaching high.

Designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect I. M. Pei, the building is high with two masts reaching high.

* Cleo Rogers Memorial Library, by I. M. Pei

However, other observers ( like Minxin Pei ) question whether these steps are genuine efforts towards democratic reform or disingenuous measures by the CPC to retain power.

Pei attended Saint Johns Middle School, run by Protestant missionaries.

In 1935 Pei boarded the SS President Coolidge and sailed to San Francisco, then traveled by train to Philadelphia.

William Zeckendorf ( shown here in the office redesigned by his architectural team ) hired Pei after ordering a search for what he called " the greatest unknown architect in the country ".

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.

It is the informal name for two related commissions by Pei – namely the Central Business District General Neighborhood Renewal Plan ( design completed 1964 ) and the Central Business District Project I-A Development Plan ( design completed 1966 ).

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.

John Hancock Insurance chairman Robert Slater hired I. M. Pei & Partners to design a building that could overshadow the Prudential Tower, erected by their rival.

Pei was surprised by public resistance to his traditional design of the hotel at Fragrant Hills.

The trustees and acoustic team had decided on the shoebox style before Pei was hired, and he sought to sculpt the exteriors with more innovative designs.

At the age of seventy-two, Pei had begun thinking about retirement, but continued working long hours to see his designs come to light.

Pei drew inspiration for his adjustments from the designs of the German architect Johann Balthasar Neumann, especially the Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers.

Initial CEO Dr. Larry Thompson facilitated I. M. Pei as designs for the site were made.

Place Ville Marie was one of the first designs of Henry N. Cobb and I. M. Pei, who was later to become a famous master of Modernist architecture.

There is also the Fragrant Hill Hotel, designed by I. M. Pei, which is more traditional than most of his designs.

Pei, helped to set new standards for architecture in Canada in the 1960s ...

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.

The site housed a decrepit hotel ; Pei was invited to tear it down and build a new one.

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.