I.M. Pei Discusses The Louvre Pyramid
Clip: 3/30/2010 | 2m 15s
Pei explains the factors involved when introducing modern design to a classic institution
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 Productions, distribution by by Bullfrog Films (www.bullfrogfilms.com).
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I.M. Pei Discusses The Louvre Pyramid
Clip: 3/30/2010 | 2m 15s
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 Productions, distribution by by Bullfrog Films (www.bullfrogfilms.com).
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I.M. Pei Creating The Suzhou Museum Garden
Clip: 3/30/2010 | 6m 15s | Watch Pei problem-solve to create a modern garden with traditional Chinese sensibilities (6m 15s)
I.M. Pei Discusses The Hong Kong Bank of China Building
Clip: 3/30/2010 | 2m 49s | Pei discusses the challenges he faced building a late modernist building in China (2m 49s)
Preview: 2/1/2010 | 30s | I.M. Pei was invited to design a museum to house the antiquities of his native Suzhou. (30s)
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