In this clip from I.M. Pei: Building China Modern, Pei describes the resistance he initially face when building The Louvre Pyramid and how he worked through the cultural attitudes that were resistant to putting a modern structure in a classical space. A production of PACEM ...
In the creation of the garden for the Suzhou Museum, the area most central to any Chinese building, I.M. Pei uses a variety of techniques to create a rock design that is both minimal and modern as well as a reflection of traditional Chinese aesthetic ...
Pei discusses the difficulties acheiving his creative vision for The Bank of China Building in Hong Kong, a place where traditional feng shui and cultural values came in conflict with elements of his modern design in a clip from I.M. Pei: Building China Modern. A ...