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BRIEF HISTORY OF LIFE
•Ieoh Ming Pei was on born 1917 born in china.
•Active in New York City
•Trained at MIT and Harvard
•In 1955, he formed I.M. Pei and Partners His firm has been
prolific since its formation
•. . In 1935,at age 17,he came to the United States to study
architecture at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
• Pei received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from MIT in
1940. He was awarded the Alpha Rho Chi Medal, the MIT
Traveling Fellowship and AIA Gold Medal upon graduation.
•In 1942, Pei enrolled in the Harvard Graduate School of
Design where he studied under Walter Gropius; six months
later, he volunteered his services to the National Defense
Research Committee in Princeton.
Pei returned to Harvard in 1944 and completed a Masters of
Architecture in 1946, simultaneously teaching on the
facility as assistant professor (1945-48). Awarded the
Wheelwright Traveling Fellowship by Harvard in 1951, he
traveled in England, France, Italy and Greece. Pei became a
naturalized citizen of the United States in 1954
 About him
. Mr. Pei to accept the newly created
post of Director of Architecture at
Webb & Knapp real estate
development corporation, resulting in
many large-scale architectural and

In 1955 he formed the partnership of I.

M. Pei & Associates, which became
I. M. Pei & Partners in 1966, and Pei,
Cobb, Freed & Partners in 1989. The
partnership received the 1968
Architectural Firm Award of the
American Institute of Architects.  I'm probably as demanding as any creative person. B
American architect, known as the last  you
master of high modernist architecture. have to identify the important things, and
then  press  for them, not give up." --I.M. Pei
The Jury of the •Pritzker
  Prize, 1983
One has to persist, and not give up
principle. But there  are
many ways of persisting, many  ways of
trying to convince a
client to do certain things. There's a polite "Ieoh Ming Pei has given this century some of its
 way; there's an most beautiful interior spaces and exterior
impolite way,...but that doesn't mean I'm forms.“
 less insistent, less
demanding, ...not at all.
 STYLE
• Simple
• Modern architecture.
• Inspired from basic geometric
shapes
• Building with cultural or scientific
purpose always seem to bring out
the best.
• Johnson Museum =was the last time
he designed the truly corbusian
building.

Johnson Museum
 Johnson Museum
Briefs

• It is located at ithaca New

York.
• Museum named after its
benefactor, the late Herbert
fisk Johnson
• It is an art museum.
• Construction type is of “site
cast concrete and glass”.
• Climate –temperate
• Context- university campus
• Style-modern.
• Comment-It is the massive
blocky concrete forms
animated by bold asymmetric
composition and huge glass.
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
• Situated on a hill at the edge of Cornell's arts quadrangle,
the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art commands an
imposing view of Cayuga Lake, Ithaca, and the surrounding
countryside.
• Towered display spaces..
• . It can be characterized by its top two floors, which
cantilever over the open aired sculpture garden.
• It is singular as a building type: a museum and teaching
facility, one that would function for the University and
contribute to the cultural life of the surrounding community
• The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University
has ten floors and 61,000 square feet. The exhibit spaces
are stacked in a nine-level tower. By building high instead of
wide, I.M. Pei and the architects in his firm were able to
preserve the surrounding landscape
•  It was designed so that it would not block the view of
Cayuga Lake, and offers a panoramic view of the same from
its fifth floor. It also houses a room for meetings.
•It is a brilliant synthesis of massive, closed forms, taking advantage of the
weight and "raw" surface qualities of specially prepared concrete, on the one
hand, and, on the other, a wonderful openness, with many windows, skylights,
and an open court, making the spectacular views .
 Johnson Museum
• Massive blocky concrete forms
animated by bold, asymmetrical
composition and huge glass
transparencies
• . Projecting horizontal beams form
cantilevered spaces at the Herbert
F. Johnson Museum of Art at
Cornell University.
• I.M. Pei and the architects in his
firm wanted to create animated
exhibition areas that would create
a sense of light and movement
 HORIZONTAL WINDOWS

• Windows form horizontal bands

along the upper floors of I.M Pei's
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
Cornell University
• The scenic views complement the
artworks displayed in bright and
airy exhibition spaces.
 Johnson Museum
Balconies

• For the Herbert F. Johnson

Museum of Art at Cornell
University, they designed a
complex grid of balconies and
stairways with open views of
floors above and below
• For the Herbert F. Johnson
Museum of Art at Cornell
University, they designed a
complex grid of balconies and
stairways with open views of
floors above and below
 Johnson Museum Spiral stairway...
Flowing lines...
• Stairs and bridges above the
lobby form flowing lines that
culminate in a circular
stairway.

• A spiral stairway twirls like a

strand of DNA down a polished
oak column at the .The Herbert
F. Johnson Museum of Art at
Cornell University

I. M. Pei and the architects in his firm

envisioned the Herbert F. Johnson
Museum as a continuous surface.
 Sky light at Johnson museum
Skylights at the Herbert
F. Johnson Museum of
Art at Cornell University
• Skylights give I.M. Pei's
museum at Cornell University
a wonderful openness. The
lobby skylight has vertical
sheets of glass framed in
bronze-toned aluminum
•Museum lobby forms articulated
assembly of enclosures joined
by glass, where the focus
alternates between the
functional spaces and glimpses
of the landscape.

Open to the sky...””

 Material
I.M. Pei and the architects in his firm
researched local materials and
produced many samples to create a
special mix of architectural concrete.
Sand and small coarse stone aggregate
were combined with cement and water.
This carefully mixed batter was poured
into a framework of boards and panels
that created the surface pattern

• The texture and color of the The

Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
at Cornell University blends with
the older masonry buildings
adjacent to the museum. The
smooth, porous surface resembles
a sea-tossed shell
Lovres
 BANK OF CHINA TOWER

• Location-Hong Kong
• Building Type -skyscraper, commercial
office tower.
• Construction System-steel frame, glass
curtain wall.
• Climate-tropical
• Context-urban
• Style Modern
• Notes-Graceful, concise and structurally
expressive, triangular stepped-back plan
 BANK OF CHINA

• The Tower is symbolic of strength, vitality, growth and enterprise,

representing Bank of China ,Hong Kong's rapid development.
• The building is characterized by a harmonious blend of modern architecture
with traditional Chinese design.
• Its four prism-shaped shafts reflect the sun's rays like a glittering crystal. A
geometrical work of art clad in a curtain wall of glass and aluminum,.

3d model of the tower.

 BANK OF CHINA

• During the planning stages, Pei wanted to create a structure which

would represent Chinese culture and at the same time serve as an act
of good will for the inhabitants of the British colony.
.The whole structure is supported by the five steel columns at the
corners of the building, with the triangular frameworks transferring
the weight of the structure onto these five columns
The structural expressionism adopted in the design of this building
resembles growing bamboo shoots, symbolizing livelihood and
prosperity.

LANDSCAPING IN THE BOC

 John F. Kennedy Library
• Building type-Library

• Address -United States of America

Massachusetts
Suffolk County
Dorchester
Columbia Point
 John F. Kennedy Library
• The library and museum are
astonishingly elegant; the building
overlooks the bay.
• Lovely views of the water are
showcased through tall glass
windows.
• Self-guided paths in the museum.
• The John F. Kennedy Library
building consists of a triangular 10-
story tower for archives and
administrative offices and a two-story
base. containing exhibition space
and two 300-seat theaters, and a
110-foot high memorial pavilion.