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American Masters “I. M. Pei: Building China Modern”

American Masters “I. M. Pei: Building China Modern”

Credit: Courtesy of Bing Lin, Pei Partnership Architects

Eugene Shirley

Los Angeles, California

Known the world over for his controversial glass pyramid at the Louvre in Paris, architect I. M. Pei returns to his ancestral home of Suzhou, China, to design a new museum. This film will look at Pei’s attempt to build modern architectural forms in the heart of this 2,500-year-old Chinese city.