I.M. Pei Passed Away!

American architect I.M. Pei passed away.

Until he turned 95 years old, American developer and architect I.M. Pei was making some of the world's most unique buildings. The famed architect passed away at the age of 102.

One of the 20th Century's most prolific architects, he has designed municipal buildings, hotels, schools and other structures across North America, Asia and Europe.

Born in Gaungzhou, China, Ieoh Ming Pei drew inspiration for his architecture while studying in Hong Kong and Shanghai. He moved to the United States in 1935 and enrolled in the University of Pennsylvania's architecture school, but quickly transformed to MIT (the Massachusetts Institute of Technology).

Pei was recruited by William Zeckendorf for whom he worked with for seven years before establishing his own firm. I.M. Pei & Associates was founded in 1955 and became I.M. Pei & Partners. He later merged with Cobb & Freed and became Pei Cobb Freed & Partners in 1989.

Pei (born Bei Yuming) was married to Eileen Loo until her death in 2015. He has four children.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Museum on the Cleveland lake shore.

He won numerous awards for his designs. He earned the Royal Gold Medal, AIA Gold Medal, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Pritzker Prize and the Praemium Imperiale.

His best project was the glass pyramid outside the Louvre Art Gallery in Paris.

Among the Louvre, there was the East Wing of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, the Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong, Indiana University Art Museum in Bloomington and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland.

Pei's death was confirmed by his presser Thomas Guss.

His designs were widely praised. At first, people found his designs were terrible. They hated the designs and felt that he wasn't trying to achieve goals.

He proved them wrong and kept forth. He made buildings that appeal to the communities it served.

He never liked labels. He said that there's no such thing as modern, postmodern or deconstructivist architecture.