Washingtonians are fortunate to live with the best of I.M. Pei’s architecture, the East Building of the National Gallery of Art. Opened in 1978, it set an extraordinarily high standard for ...

I.M. Pei, the Chinese-born ... right,” he told a reporter as he surveyed the sharply angular forms of the East Building of the National Gallery of Art in Washington in 2003.

Text description provided by the architects. What would eventually become known as the West Building of the National Gallery of Art, the initial portion of the museum was financed by art collector ...

[See six of I.M. Pei’s most important buildings ... Image President Jimmy Carter dedicated the East Building of the National Gallery of Art in Washington in 1978. He was joined by, from ...

Look at these two photos. One is the well-known front elevation of the National Gallery of Art’s East Building, designed by I.M. Pei. The other is one of the entrances to Lakeforest Mall in ...

Francois Guillot/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Supported by By The New York Times Born in Guangzhou, China, in 1917, I.M. Pei had a career ... of Art’s East Building.

I.M. Pei was the confident ... the West.” Pei’s architectural work was significant particularly because of its emphasis on cultural institutions—from the East Building of the National ...

I.M. Pei, the world-renowned Chinese-American architect ... including Dallas City Hall (completed in 1977); the East Building of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.; (1978) and ...

I.M. Pei, the architect revered around the world ... structures like the glass pyramid at The Louvre in Paris, the East Building of the National Gallery of Art in Washington and John F.

IM Pei, the Chinese-American architect ... Instead it suggests that Pei was a member of a team, not solely responsible for his buildings but a figure who guided from the background.