From 65438 to 0948, I.M. Pei entered the field of practical architecture from a purely academic ivory tower. William Chaigendorf, a visionary and courageous real estate developer in new york, broke the convention of American architecture and hired I.M. Pei as an architect from China for the first time as the director of the architectural research department of Webbernap Construction Company he founded. They worked together for twelve years. In the past 12 years, I.M. Pei has designed many commercial and residential buildings for Chaigendov's real estate company, and also made many social reconstruction plans. I.M. Pei also designed a science building for his alma mater, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and two faculty and staff residential buildings for new york University. All these made Pei's first appearance in American architecture, and laid the foundation for his career in the following decades.

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1964 In memory of the late American President John F. Kennedy, the government decided to build the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston Harbor. This library, which took 15 years to build, was completed in 1979. Because of its novel design and bold modeling, it has caused a sensation in the American architectural community and is recognized as one of the best masterpieces in the history of American architecture.

I.M. Pei, 19 17, was born in Guangzhou, China on April 26th, 2007. Chinese-American architect born in Suzhou, after Suzhou noble family. I.M. Pei studied architecture at MIT and Harvard University. I.M. Pei's works are mainly public buildings and cultural and educational buildings, belonging to modernist buildings, which make good use of steel, concrete, glass and stone. His representative buildings include the East Wing of the National Gallery of Washington and the expansion project of the Louvre in Paris, France. Known as "the last master of modern architecture".

I.M. Pei also won 1979 Gold Award of American Architecture Society, 198 1 French Architecture Gold Award, 1989 Imperial Japan Award, 1983 Fifth Pritzker Award and 1986 President Reagan's award.

The American architectural community declared 1979 as "the year of I.M. Pei" and awarded him the gold medal of the American Architectural Society that year. I.M. Pei's position as a world-class architect was established by the design of the East Pavilion of the National Gallery of Washington completed the year before last.