I.M. Pei, mandarin of modernism / Michael Cannell.

Main entry:

Cannell, Michael, author.

Title & Author:

I.M. Pei, mandarin of modernism / Michael Cannell.

Edition:

1st edition.

Publication:

New York : Carol Southern Books, [1995]
©1995

Description:

xi, 402 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 390-395) and index.
The battle of the pyramid -- Shanghai and Suzhou -- A Chinese student in Cambridge -- We're going to change all this -- Broken promises -- The Kennedy blessing -- I.M. Pei & Partners -- Windows over Copley Square -- The most sensitive site in the United States -- A building for ages -- Vindication -- China again -- Bad fêng shui -- A certain age.

Summary:

No architect has cast a more indelible impression upon the social and political landscape of the last fifty years than I. M. Pei. He has employed his extraordinary blend of diplomacy and design on behalf of such clients as the Kennedy family, Paul Mellon, Francois Mitterrand, Michael Ovitz and the Bank of China. Michael Cannell is the first biographer to tell Pei's amazing story. Cannell skillfully provides an inside view of the politics of our built environment, as well as a rare glimpse into the mind and life of the most enigmatic architect of our time, I. M. Pei.

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Publisher description

ISBN:

0517799723 (hardcover)
9780517799727 (hardcover)

Subject:

Pei, I. M., 1917-2019.
Pei, Ieoh M. 1917-2019
Pei, Ieoh M.
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld
Chinese American architects Biography.
Architects United States Biography.
Architectes américains d'origine chinoise Biographies.
Architectes États-Unis Biographies.
Architects.
Chinese American architects.
Architektur
Architects United States 20th century Biography.
Geschichte 1945-1995.
United States.
USA
Pei, I.M.

Form/genre:

Biographies.
Quotations (texts)
collective biographies.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 153248
Call No.: NA44.P377.9 C3 1995
Status: Available

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