From the Louvre Pyramid to the Bank of China tower, Pei was the mastermind behind works seen as embracing modernity tempered by a grounding in history
Preeminent US architect IM Pei, who forged a distinct brand of modern building design with his sharp lines and stark structures, has died in New York aged 102.
"I understand that times have changed, we have evolved. But I don't want to forget the beginning," he said.His work earned the 1983 Pritzker Prize, considered architecture's Nobel. Of his nearly 50 designs in the United States and around the world, more than half won major awards. In one standout undertaking, he deftly inserted into the monumental structures of the capital of his adopted country the modern angles of the East Building of the National Gallery of Art, opened in 1978.It was "a composition of angular stone forms... that remains the most visible emblem of modern Washington," said a New York Times review 30 years after its unveiling.
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