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Pour moi qui suis Français, je trouve scandaleux de classe monsieur Pei Dans le catégorie chinois- américain, pourriez- vous être un jour un peu moins raciste et le classe Dans la catégorie "architecte"?

For me, a Frenchman, I find it scandalous to classify Mr Pei in the category "Chinese-American". Would you please, one day, be a bit less racist, and classify him in the "architect" category?

Mr. Pei was born in China but is now a citizen of the United States. He is therefore a Chinese American. M. Pei est né en Chine, mais est maintenant un citoyen Des Etats-Unis. Donc, il est un chinois-Américain. ---drew1718 11:23, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

I think his point is the liberté égalité fraternité of France thing that ignores national origin in the spirit of brotherhood. Je crois Que sa Remarque parle de idéal de liberté égalité et fraternité de la France, qui ignore Les origines nationale de gens Dans l'esprit fraternel.--Muchosucko 14:02, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

Didn't Pei design some buildings for Columbia University? These were then rejected. Not exactly something major, but perhaps worth noting. Mat334 21:44, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC)

It's interesting to note the discrepancy between the English and Chinese versions. The English version says that "his work has had little influence on architectural theory," whereas the Chinese version states the opposite.

Doesn't two pictures of the same building seem unnecessary? Septentrionalis 20:03, 9 July 2005 (UTC)

I have a time-lapse video of the construction of the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. Would that be appropriate for the gallery section? I would link to it rather than posting the video here. cville roger 00:57, 13 June 2007 (UTC) I received no comment/discussion about the above proposal, so I added it today. cville roger 01:10, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Project List

The project list appears to list all buildings that Pei, Cobb, Freed, & Partners designed not buildings on which Pei was the lead designer. I think a distinction needs to be made. This information is available at http://www.pcf-p.com/a/i/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.251.124.162 (talk) 20:57, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Born in Guangzhou or Suzhou?

Many other websites say that I.M. Pei was born in Guangzhou (formerly known as Canton), Guangdong Province---rather than Suzhou, Jiangsu Province---in 1917, and spent his childhood in Hong Kong, and then moved to Shanghai in 1927. --Roland 00:32, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Glass - Who's the funny guy?

What's the deal with putting a picture of a (drinking) glass instead of of the Bank of China Tower? I'll change it for a real one although I'm not too familiar with how the copyrights work here in wikipedia.

Name

This page shouldn't have been renamed. He is universally known as I. M. Pei, and Wikipedia policy is to use common names. - SimonP 19:25, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

Further to the name, can anyone come up with the Chinese characters for his name? I've never heard "Ieoh" as a name in Putonghua or Cantonese. DOR (HK) (talk) 01:14, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

Can someone please give authoritative information on how to pronounce Ieoh? I have not been able to find information on this on the web. 24.18.191.76 (talk) 03:49, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

If his first name is Ieoh, then the spelling Leoh (which occurs at least twice in this article) is a typographical error. (CLE) 98.114.198.155 (talk) 13:13, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

If possible, will someone give a phonetic pronunciation of "PEI"?

A picture

There should totally be a picture of I.M. Pei in this article.

I agree. After all, this article is about a man... not a building. 24.206.232.82 00:00, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Well, that's true. However, is there a way to include images of some of his more famous works? It is an article that is about a man who designs buildings, and examples are helpful. I'm new to wikipedia, but I think pictures of his works further down in the body of the text are called for.

Arie1ce (talk) 13:33, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

Modernism?

The pyramid of the Lourve seems decidedly postmodern to me, although there is no question that Mr Pei is primarily a modernist. Pelegius 14:34, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

We can think of it this way: the pyramid itself is a modernist building, but the situation it creates along with the classical buildings around is post-modernist.

Further on place of birth

According to my copy of Michael Cannell's biography of IM Pei, he was born in Guangzhou, Guangdong province; (Canton). Can whoever put in the Yunnan place supply citations please? --Sumple (Talk) 22:59, 2 August 2006 (UTC) Mr Pei can still speak fluent Cantonese, so my guess is he was born in Canton. I remembered him on Hong Kong TV after the completion of the Bank of China tower.

Replacement of the flag is not meant to be controversial. In 1917, the flag used by the Republic of China on Taiwan was the flag used by the mainland. Even the People's Republic of China does not dispute that this flag was used at the time.VK35 19:14, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Technically no, Taiwan then forming part of the Japanese Empire. China was divided, and ROC partisans used several different flags, but Guangzhou would have flown that one, yes.Dawud (talk) 00:52, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

The People's Republic of China didn't exist when he was born. I find it odd that we say her was born in the PRC, why not just say China, not controversial and still true! Arthurian Legend (talk) 04:59, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Plagerism??

A few weeks ago, I read that wikipedia articles plagerize copyrighted articles much more often than any reasonable editor would like.

I just found an instance where several paragraph are plagerized. See the article for internationally acclaimed architect, I. M. Pei.

This is our (wikipedia article): before moving to the United States to study architecture at the age of 18. He started at the University of Pennsylvania before going on to receive his Bachelor of Architecture degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1940. That same year, he was awarded the Alpha Rho Chi Medal, the MIT Traveling Fellowship, and the AIA Gold Medal. He enrolled at the Harvard Graduate School of Design two years later; shortly thereafter, he served at the National Defense Research Committee in Princeton, New Jersey.

In 1944 he returned to Harvard, received his master degree in Architecture in 1946 and stayed at Harvard as an assistant professor. He received the Wheelwright Traveling Fellowship in 1951 and became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1954.

before moving to the United States to study architecture at the age of 18. He started at the University of Pennsylvania before going on to receive his Bachelor of Architecture degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1940. That same year, he was awarded the Alpha Rho Chi Medal, the MIT Travelling Fellowship, and the AIA Gold Medal. He enrolled at the Harvard Graduate School of Design two years later; shortly thereafter, he served at the National Defense Research Committee in Princeton, New Jersey. In 1944 he returned to Harvard, received his master degree in Architecture in 1946 and stayed at Harvard as an assistant professor. He received the Wheelwright Traveling Fellowship in 1951 and became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1954.

Aside from the list of his projects, this plagerized part is over half of the article.

It is interesting to note that the above source has wrong information which was copied to the wikipedia article. I have corrected it. The original name of I. M. Pei's firm was I. M. Pei and Associates and was changed to ....and Partners several years later.

The question posed is what should editors do about plagerized materials? I believe the correct action is deletion, even though it may seem painful. I will rewrite it.

(I have made a note of the above in WP:AN) VK35 21:20, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Have you considered the possibility that this site copied from Wikipedia. This is the more likely scenario. This is legal under the GFDL. -Pagepage3242342 (talk) 05:16, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

The correct spelling of the term used in the title of this section is "plagiarism." 24.18.191.76 (talk) 03:58, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

Nationality

I corrected the "nationality" field in the infobox in this article to note that Pei is American, not Chinese. When Pei became a US Citizen in the 1950s, that act made him automatically lose Chinese nationality according to current Chinese law. That law dates from 1980, so his nationality status prior to 1980 is unclear. Merenta (talk) 21:49, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

More or less in this category, the following sentence in the wikiarticle, "Pei is perhaps one of the most successful Asians of the 20th century, with his works built all over the world, and using his own kind as labourers." is unclear. What constitutes Pei's "kind?" Architects? Men? People wearing funny round glasses? (Maybe Le Corbusier helped construct Pei's buildings) The implication of the sentence is that Pei used Chinese laborers; and I'm not sure that labor was anything Pei had much control over. I'm new to wikipedia, so I don't want to change it myself without some discussion, but I think the sentence needs adjustment. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Arie1ce (talk • contribs) 13:43, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

He lived in Hong Kong for about 10 years. I don't know about the details of the right of abode law at that time or as enforced now. But if he's born Chinese and is eligible for the ROA in Hong Kong, he may still have PRC nationality. (HKers do not automatically lose PRC nationality upon naturalization elsewhere.) Beside that, the ROC permits dual. HkCaGu (talk) 15:28, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

I don't think he has pcr citizenship. 71.251.46.27 (talk) 08:17, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

Awards and Prizes

There should be more than just AIA Gold medal. He won the Pritzker Architecture prize and several others which I can't remember. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.218.143.167 (talk) 02:06, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Please read what you are doing.

This is ridiculous. Does no one actually care about content anymore? Please stop. Read what you are doing first. -Pagepage3242342 (talk) 07:06, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

This has become a joke. This page has maintained spam and stupidity for a year and a half on WP:BLP.-Pagepage3242342 (talk) 07:12, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

You have now repeateded added dead links, spam, repetitious infomation, and contribs from a blocked sock puppet onto a WP:BLP page. astoshing. -Pagepage3242342 (talk) 07:18, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

There is no spam from what I can see, all links and sources are live, and you have reverted explanitory information important to the article. You need to build consensus before you can make wholesale changes to the article and I don't see reverting sources as doing that by any means. Also, topics from July 2007 can safely be assumed as long dead and unneeded. Nate • (chatter) 07:22, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

I have asked you on your talk page what it is that you are complaining about. You mention spam, sock puppets, horrible changes since June 2007, and even going back and looking I just don't see problems. Please be specific... about something. Shenme (talk) 07:36, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Pronunciation guide please

Could the main article please clarify upfront whether his name is pronounced PAY or PIE. Thank you. Nandt1 (talk) 12:29, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

I thought it was "I am pee". 82.141.95.243 (talk) 14:03, 26 September 2014 (UTC)

Intro

"He works with the abstract form, using stone, concrete, glass, and steel."

Does this sentence have any actual relevance whatsoever? I really think this should be taken out, or at least not put into the intro paragraph. (Don't ALL architects 'work with the abstract form' in stone, concrete, glass and steel'??) 128.100.63.38 (talk) 17:28, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

You're probably right. I'll remove the sentence. Graham87 23:36, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

It probably could have been worded better, but I think it is worth indicating 1) his architecture is modern and abstract (ie not classical, post-modern, neo-classical or anything like that) and two that he works with glass and steel and is known for skyscrapers. No, all architects don't work with these materials. Frank Lloyd Wright didn't. Some architects are known for concrete. An alternative to the adjectives would be to note that he does tall buildings in urban settings. ChildofMidnight (talk) 02:04, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Refurbished and reconstructed

For the past three months I've been reconstructing this article on my drawing board. Now I've moved it here, and I'm sure other editors will find ways to make it even better. Let the record show that all of the discussion above applies to an earlier, much shorter version of this article.

I hope to take this article to WP:FAC, but I'm concerned right now that it's too long. (Current prose is 89k; optimal maximum size is around 65k.) If anyone has suggestions on what to cut, I'm all ears! Scartol • Tok 22:44, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

Great work! I know nothing about the subject; the article is only on my watchlist in case of vandalism. Therefore I'm not sure what to cut out, if anything. Graham87 10:08, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

The current prose size (excluding refs and the like) is 63kb, so while indeed huge, it does stay within the upper limit. For a person of his stature I'd be okay with the size, though a bit of trimming is fine. Nice work on it. Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 00:46, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Great work indeed! Regarding improvements, I agree that the article is too long. Maybe the sections on individual buildings could be shortened by transferring some of the text into the corresponding article about each building, particularly background info about the socio-political context. This would increase the article's focus on Pei's architecture.

Further comments:

Double reference to Pritzker Prize in the lead, (which also appears in the infobox) feels a bit too much.
- I removed the first one. (Do people agree with this adjustment? Seemed like a good idea to leave in the more complete info toward the end, but maybe it's important to mention right up front that he won it?) Scartol • Tok 14:52, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
  - Sounds good here. Is the Royal Gold Medal worth mentioning in the lead as well? Graham87 05:07, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
    - It is one of the major international prizes, so I think it certainly qualifies. However, as I am still concerned about the lenght of the article, maybe is enough to have it listed in the infobox. I would rather shorten the lead by removing the explanation that the Pritzker is "sometimes called the Nobel Prize of architecture", as this belongs to the Pritzker Prize article. ps. Like the bullets. Elekhh (talk) 05:43, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
Lead: "he returned to China again fifteen years later to design a skyscraper in Hong Kong". That time Hong Kong was not China.
- Fixed by another editor. Scartol • Tok 14:52, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
The section title "MIT, NDRC, and Harvard" reads like a code. Could it be changed to Education and formative years, or similar?
- Also fixed by another editor. Scartol • Tok 14:52, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
I find it confusing to see the portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright in the article. If Pei was influenced by his architecture, not him as a person, than the illustration should present Wright's architecture (i.e. Taliesin). For a complete picture, a building by Corbu could be used as well for illustrating influences on Pei's architecture.
- Agreed. Switched to Gropius, about whom much more could have been added. Scartol • Tok 14:52, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
Some of the captions feel a bit too long.
- I disagree here. I've tried to keep the captions short, and many of them are. Some are a bit lengthy, but I feel they're important to give a little extra info. Scartol • Tok 14:52, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
Update: Pei just won the RIBA Royal Gold Medal 2010.
- Added by another editor. Thanks again to everyone who's been helping with this! Scartol • Tok 14:52, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
Not sure where to put this, and sorry for my ignorance. I just wanted to let people working on this article know that there is a very good documentary about Pei's work in Qatar titled: Learning from Light: the vision of I. M. Pei. Maybe for external links? 115.70.85.100 (talk) 06:34, 21 July 2010 (UTC)JOV

Elekhh (talk) 00:10, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

I changed China to East Asia in the lead, and changed the title of the section "MIT, NDRC, and Harvard" per your suggestion. The Royal Gold Medal was mentioned in the pre-reconstruction version of the article; I've re-added a mention of it in the "Style and influence" section. I'm about to change some of the citations so they point directly to New York Times articles, rather than citing a source that quotes the articles. Graham87 08:11, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

I can't find a copy of "china won't ever be the same" on the New York Times website, which is strange because the NYT website is supposed to have all articles since 1987. The only online version of the story that I can find is this one, but I can't read it because I use a screen reader. Graham87 09:28, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, everyone, for your feedback and thoughts on how to trim the article. I expect trimming bits about specific buildings and moving them to those buildings' articles will be the best way forward. I also agree with many of the points you've made, Elekhh.. I'll address them soon, when I have some time.

As for the NYT website, my guess is that it's not there because perhaps they classified it as a letter to the editor? And the website archive only offers actual articles or official opinion pieces from staff writers? Just a hypothesis.

I look forward to having the time to move this article toward FAC. (I guess I was looking at a different line when figuring out prose size. Still, it could use some trimming. All in good time!) Thanks again, all. Scartol • Tok 19:46, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Just add importScript('User:Dr_pda/prosesize.js'); //User:Dr_pda/prosesize.js to User:Scartol/monobook.js (assuming you are using the MonoBook skin) to get a 'Page size' link in your toolbox. With that, I see that the prose size of this article is over 10,000 words; nearly twice as large as what WP:SIZE says is normally the time to consider employing Summary Style to an article to bring down the size and thus improve readability. --mav (Urgent FACs/FARs) 22:31, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

As noted above, I have no problem with trimming this article. Just for the record, however, WP:SIZE states: "Readers may tire of reading a page much longer than about 30 to 50 KB, which roughly corresponds to 6,000 to 10,000 words of readable prose. If an article is significantly longer than that, it may benefit the reader to move some sections to other articles and replace them with summaries." (emphasis mine) Scartol • Tok 01:43, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

I'm creating Talk:I. M. Pei/Draft in order to work on cutting down the size of the article. At 63kB, it will be hard for readers to get to the end in a single sitting. Awadewit (talk) 17:34, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks so much for this, Awadewit.. Today is the first day of the new semester, so I won't have time to incorporate the changes until later in the week or perhaps even next week. It all looks great to me (even if we have to lose the quote with the bad word), but I would advocate to keep the paragraph about modernism vs. postmodernism — I think it's an important part of the discussion of his style. Still, I'm happy with whatever the community thinks. Scartol • Tok 12:27, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

FAC comments

I think the lead is too long and detailed. The trend recently is to mirror the length of the article by summarizing the contents. But the inclusion of detail decreases the punch the lead should present to readers, to compel them to read further.

That's fine. I tried stripping everything that's not really essential, and now it's four paragraphs. I don't think anything else can realistically be cut. Scartol • Tok 01:44, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

The Luce Chapel looks, to me at least, remarkably similar to the United States Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel. I'm just sayin' is all.

Yeah, but the Air Force buildings are so detached from nature. =) Scartol • Tok 01:44, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

After living and working in Boulder for five years I never knew Pei designed the Mesa Lab. Maybe that's for the best. I don't like this style at all. It could not be more unlike Mesa Verde. Mesa Verde flows with the tuff and shape of the cliffs and Mesa Labs stands opposite in direct contrast to the Flatirons behind it. It's a jarring vision.

I love it. I lived in the dorms he designed at New College, and while the stone walls are a bit foreboding, I think the colors worked well together and the structure — designed to maximize the probability of random encounters — was elegant. Scartol • Tok 01:44, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

Regarding the Dallas City Hall: "It's perhaps stronger than I would have liked; it's got more strength than finesse." I completely agree. I'm going to have to find this now, which might take me days of searching, but architecture of colleges, city government buildings, high schools, and some office buildings after the 1970s was just hideously overburdened with concrete slab similar to Dallas City Hall and the National Gallery East Building. Depressing on many levels. Pei was one of the architects going toward strength and concrete. What is his legacy in how he influenced similar designs? I remember looking at an image on an algebra textbook in high school, just staring at this picture that displayed the architectural lines of this stark cement, thinking nothing could look so cold and bare. (Thanks I. M. Pei, for fostering my hatred of algebra!)

Again, I find it intriguing, although not necessarily beautiful. Something in me appreciates buildings that are imposing and solid like that. Diff'rent strokes, I suppose! Scartol • Tok 01:44, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

He agreed, and became the first foreign architect to work on the Louvre Who agreed?

Yeah, that's weird. Fixed to say: "He thus became...". I think it's an oddball from Awadewit's drastic trimming. You know how sloppy and careless she always is! Scartol • Tok 01:44, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame low culture? Ha!

Well, I think it's a great article. The more questions I have about the thoughts the article brings me means fewer questions about what stuff in the article is trying to say. I'm going to list my comments at FAC as "Pre-Support" because I think the lead should be trimmed. Otherwise, let me know your thoughts. --Moni3 (talk) 14:27, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

Thank you very much! I appreciate, as always, your acute precision and attention to detail. Scartol • Tok 01:44, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

Pictures

I disagree with the need for the Bing Crosby picture; however, someone really did an excellent job with the choice, location, and captions on the images in this article. It's an important article to do well with the images. --Kleopatra (talk) 00:48, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

Date of marriage?

Conflicting information in current incarnation. The introduction says he married his wife Eileen in 1939, while a subsequent section says that they married in 1942. Anyone up to putting matters right? P L E A T H E R _talk 01:47, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

Yes, the article does need that, and also it needs a separate section on his personal life, or to expand the infobox, to make info regarding number of wives, children, more accessible. I was looking for details on the subject's personal life, and wanted to know how many known relationships, how many children he had. But to find out such info, we currently have to read the whole article. --Abie the Fish Peddler (talk) 19:03, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

EWC

Anyone up for adding anything about the East-West Center? The article as it stands is so dense and so thoroughly written, I don't want to just toss in a few sentences - it would mess up the flow of the article. But, as Pei did design a number of buildings (six, I believe) for East-West Center and the neighboring University of Hawaii, it would really be great to have this discussed in the article. And not just mentioned, but if anyone can find and add further discussion about his thought process and design intentions, as a resident of one of those buildings, I'd be really quite interested to learn about it. Cheers. LordAmeth (talk) 03:42, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

Photo captions

The photo captions seem incredibly long and narrative. 174.25.86.240 (talk) 13:28, 4 August 2012 (UTC)

Malcolm Rice

Moving from the article following text:

"NOTE: Change to read: "The project even found and hired Malcolm Rice, an architect who had selected the stone for the original 1941 gallery project."

− Malcolm Rice was my grandfather. He did work on both the original National Gallery of Art(NGA) and the East Wing. However, he was not a quarry supervisor; he was an architect. The firm John Russell Pope sent him down to Tennessee (o/1938) to select the blocks of marble that were later fabricated into the NGA. Mr. Pei asked him to do the same on the East Wing. He also melded and coded the different varieties of marble; dark to light from top to bottom; and, finally, he inspected the fabricated pieces before shipping.

− NOTE: Mr. Rice later moved to Tennessee and worked as Head Architect for the University of Tennessee. His daughter married the son of one of the marble producers (1946). He passed away in Jan 97 at the age of 99; he was a grand old man."

added by — Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.27.1.18 (talk • contribs) 18 September 2012‎ --ELEKHH^T 00:38, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

I.M. Pei also designed the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, NY

https://www.everson.org/home.php

99.27.100.77 (talk) 00:20, 22 February 2013 (UTC) mark.w.ingalls@gmail.com

Introduction/ Formative Education

I feel like the phrase in the introduction, "was unhappy with he focus on Beaux-Arts architecture at both schools" is misleading because it appeared to me that it meant that they did not focus enough on his architecture type, not too much focus. n the formative education section it explains it more clearly. Please fix!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.235.118.214 (talk) 01:03, 7 May 2014 (UTC)

Marriage?

When was he married to Eileen Loo? IN he introduction, it states that he was married in 1939. But in another sections, it states that he was married in 1942. Which of these is correct, and will somebody ix this egregious error? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:304:AEBB:80C9:D9F9:2598:E979:1B33 (talk) 23:12, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

L'Enfant Plaza Hotel

The lede of the article reads "Among the early projects on which Pei took the lead were the L'Enfant Plaza Hotel in Washington, D.C.". Is there any evidence that he took the lead on this project? Clicking through to the article about the hotel it says that Koubek was the architect of record and that Pei was only involved in an addition. I am going to delete this sentence, if anyone has a citation it is welcome. Though even if it is accurate and sourced, I don't understand why this one building would play such a prominent role when there are so many other noteworthy buildings. Bangabandhu (talk) 17:38, 31 August 2015 (UTC)

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Very insulting part of article

At the end of the article there is, on the right, a link to "China portal" and a flag of the People's Republic of China. This is an insult akin to putting a Nazi German flag next to German Chancellor Angela Merkel's article.

Mr. Pei fled the Communist revolutionaries in what is now the People's Republic of China. If there is any flag, it should be the Republic of China flag since that is the flag when he was in China. Taiwan now uses that flag and the Republic of China name. Vanny089 (talk) 03:39, 17 May 2019 (UTC)

It doesn't change the fact that he was born in China. If he chose to not identify as a Chinese explicity, we could remove it, but no such thing happened. It is akin to putting the present-day German flag next to chancellor, which is also the case. --qedk (t 桜 c) 14:44, 17 May 2019 (UTC)

Death date

Regarding the date of Mr. Pei’s death, the media has different reports. Some called May 15 and another called May 16.邻家的王子 (talk) 13:03, 17 May 2019 (UTC)

It's probably the time zone, 16 May 2019 early morning would be 15 May 2019 in UTC+10:00ish time zones. --qedk (t 桜 c) 14:49, 17 May 2019 (UTC)

Need to add I.M. Pei project reference for the New York Campus Master plan and related award.

to receive the Medal of Liberty, presented at the 100th Anniversary of the Statue of Liberty by President Ronald Reagan, for his outstanding service as an architect.

Among his many accomplishments, I.P. Pei and partner, Henry N. Cobb, are responsible for completing the State University of New York Campus Master Plan in 1968. The Pei name is often associated with design of the Academic Center at Fredonia since this project was completed under the firm name, I.M. Pei Partners & Associates. The project consisted of various components to include: Maytum Hall Administrative Building; Williams Center (Student Union Building), Daniel Reed Library, Michael C. Rockefeller Arts Center, McEwen Hall Communications Building, and Houghton Hall Science Building. The campus design also included Ring Road, an L-shaped pedestrian spine linking campus activities, and a pedestrian terrace. Lead designer for this project was Henry N. Cobb, FAIA, I.M. Pei's partner. The design of Daniel Reed Library earned Henry Cobb and I.M. Pei the 1969 Prestressed Concrete Institute Award and in 1972, they returned to the Fredonia campus to complete the design of the Dining Hall and Dormitory Facilities.

The State University of New York at Fredonia holds a distinct honor within SUNY and proudly exhibits the mark of excellence in the conception and design of the campus. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pugl1997 (talk • contribs) 13:54, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

Relatives

Are I.M. Pei and Carl Pei related? If so, how? Rich (talk) 22:25, 23 December 2020 (UTC)