Harvard Graduate School of Design, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Pennsylvania, St. Paul's College, Hong Kong
Spouse
Eileen Loo
Children
Li Chung Pei, Chien Chung Pei, Liane Pei, T'ing Chung
Parents
Tsuyee Pei, Lien Kwun
Awards
Pritzker Architecture Prize, AIA Gold Medal, Royal Gold Medal, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Praemium Imperiale, Twenty-five Year Award, National Design Award for Lifetime Achievement
Star Sign
Taurus
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Quote
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Great artists need great clients.
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Fact
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He was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts in 1988 by the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington D.C.
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After interviewing a number of architects to design the Kennedy Library shortly after her husband's Dallas assassination, Jaqueline Kennedy chose I.M. Pei. She reportedly felt the man and his work were like poetry.
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Architect.
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Immigrated to the USA in 1935.
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Became a US citizen in 1954.
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Spy
2015
thanks - as Mr. Ieoh Ming Pei
Edge of Tomorrow
2014
the producers would like to thank - as Pyramid Architect Mr. Ieoh Ming Pei
The Da Vinci Code
2006
special thanks: Pyramide & Pyramide Inversee du Louvre - as Architecte I.M. Pei