Tag Archives: I. M. Pei
A Modern Masterpiece, No Longer Used, Will Soon Disappear at Kennedy Airport
While ABC has conspicuously begun to celebrate the early jet age, the Port Authority has begun to tear it down. Terminal 6 at Kennedy International Airport — a crisp island of aesthetic tranquillity by the master architect I. M. Pei … Continue reading
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Campus Shuffle in Greenwich Village
New York University to spread over two million square feet around I’M Pei’s Silver Towers site. Aerial View Of NYU’s Expansion Plans With The Silver Towers On The Left. Courtesy NYU On March 16, NYU announced updates for their … Continue reading
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This looks like a job for Frank Gehry
YOU build it, will they come? That’s the basic question motivating plans to develop grand culture centres in otherwise derelict urban neighbourhoods. The idea is savvy: hire architects to build something beautiful (or at least something big), and then let … Continue reading
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I. M. Pei to Receive British Royal Gold Medal
Via Bustler Chinese-born American architect I. M. Pei, who is best known in Europe for his transformation of the Louvre in Paris, has been named today as the recipient of one of the world’s most prestigious architecture prizes, the Royal … Continue reading
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