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A 7 page research paper that examines the design philosophies and careers of architects I.M. Pei and Frank Gehry. The writer spotlights and discusses several buildings designed by each of these famous architects. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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be a form of art. Two of the most renown architects of recent decades are I.M. Pei and Frank Gehry. Both of these architects combine materials in imaginative and unusual
ways that turn their buildings into functional forms of abstract art. Ieoh Ming Pei was born in Canton, China in 1917 (Architect I.M. Pei). At the age of eighteen
he left China to study architecture in the US at MIT and Harvard. Between 1942 and 1945, as World War II was going on, he worked as a concrete designer
for Stone and Webster and in 1946, he moved on to work in the offices of Hugh Asher Stubbins in Boston (Architect I.M. Pei).
Pei was back at Harvard, working as an instructor and then as an assistant professor, when he made the move to Webb & Knapp, Inc. in 1948
and moved to New York. He became the head of Webb and Knapps architectural division and worked there until 1960, when he resigned and founded his own architectural firm, I.M.
Pei & Associates, which in 1979, became Pei, Cobb, Free & Partners (Architect I.M. Pei). In his design theory and philosophy, Pei has been considered a disciple of Walter
Gropius, due to his reliance on abstract form and materials, such as stone, concrete, glass and steel (Architect I.M. Pei). However, Pie has show little concern with theory during the
course of his career. He does not believe that architecture must find forms that times or that it should remain "isolated from commercial forces" (Wiseman 101). In his
work, Pei has shown a tendency to design sophisticated glass-clad buildings, which are loosely related to the high-tech movement (Architect I.M. Pei). However, many of his designs have resulted from
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