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Pei, Ieoh Ming (1917-2019) & Macary, Michel (b.1936) & Wilmotte, Jean-Michel (b.1948)

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Name
Pei, Ieoh Ming (1917-2019) & Macary, Michel (b.1936) & Wilmotte, Jean-Michel (b.1948)
Biography
Born 26 April 1917. He was educated at St John's Middle School, Shanghai, China. He emigrated to the United States in 1935, was naturalized in 1948. He studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, B. Arch. 1940; Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, Massachusetts, M.Arch. 1946. He served on the National Defense Research Committee, 1943-1945. He was an Instructor, later Assistant Professor, at Harvard Graduate School of Design, 1945-1948. He was director of architecture at Webb and Knapp, New York, 1948-1955. He was a Partner in I.M. Pei & Partners, New York, 1955-1989. He was a partner, Pei, Cobb, Freed and Partners, 1989. He retired officially on 1 January 1991, but continues to work with a lighter load. American architect; since 1955, Partner, I. M. Pei & Partners, New York; since 1989, partner in Pei Cobb Freed & Partners.
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Assets (386 in total)

The Pyramid in the Cour Napoleon, Louvre, built 1981-89 (photo)
Opening of The Grand Louvre in Paris : Visitors Are Standing in A Queue For Pyramid April 30, 1989 (b/w photo)
Building of Louvre Pyramid in Paris, February 12, 1988 (b/w photo)
Louvre Pyramid in Paris The Day Before Launching, October 13, 1988 (b/w photo)
The Louvre Museum, Paris, France (photo)
Part of the Pyramid at the Louvre, with the Pavillon Richelieu behind (photo) (see 136166 and 136166 and 136168)
Building of The Louvre Pyramid in Paris March 18, 1988 (b/w photo)
The Louvre Museum (Grand Louvre), Rue de Rivoli and Quai des Tuileries, Paris 75001. Architecture of Leoh Ming Pei in association with Michel Macary and Jean-Michel Wilmotte, between 1983-2001. In 1981, Francois Mitterrand commissioned Ieoh Ming Pei to arrange the Grand Louvre. In particular, it was a matter of altering the spaces that Napoleon III had built for the ministries and which had been occupied by the Ministry of Finance at that time. Here, view of the Napoleon Court with the Pyramid in the center.
The Louvre Museum (Grand Louvre), Rue de Rivoli and Quai des Tuileries, Paris 75001. Architecture of Leoh Ming Pei in association with Michel Macary and Jean-Michel Wilmotte, between 1983-2001. In 1981, Francois Mitterrand commissioned Ieoh Ming Pei to arrange the Grand Louvre. In particular, it was a matter of altering the spaces that Napoleon III had built for the ministries and which had been occupied by the Ministry of Finance at that time. Here, view of the Napoleon Court, at night, with the pyramid in the center.
The Louvre Museum, Paris, France (photo)
La galerie Medicis de l'aile Richelieu du Musee du Louvre, Grand Louvre, Rue de Rivoli et quai des Tuileries, Paris 75001. Architecture of Leoh Ming Pei in association with Michel Macary and Jean-Michel Wilmotte - 1983-2001. Photography 22/07/09
The Louvre Museum, Paris, France (photo)
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