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Today's architect is a hundred and one years old architect
Leoh ming pie - i.m.pei
Leoh ming pie - i.m.pei
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He was Born in 4/26/1917
•The Chinese-american architect came to study architecture in the u.s from china as a teenager and later became one of the greatest architecture of modern architecture. Almost 80 years later i.M.pei's work can be seen world wide and are noted for their unique use of geometric forms and incorporating chinese influences into his works
•The Chinese-american architect came to study architecture in the u.s from china as a teenager and later became one of the greatest architecture of modern architecture. Almost 80 years later i.M.pei's work can be seen world wide and are noted for their unique use of geometric forms and incorporating chinese influences into his works
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Among this most known designs here are some
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1. John f. Kennedy library and museum
•is dedicated to the thirty-fifth president of the United States. Under a glass pavilion are distributed the administrative areas and the museum, overlooking the harbor.
•Concept
The design complies with a complex program of mixed use while reminding the president in a contemporary but timeless way.
•the design of the JFK Library was organized following a fundamental and scrupulously executed geometry of simple squares, triangles and circles.
•is dedicated to the thirty-fifth president of the United States. Under a glass pavilion are distributed the administrative areas and the museum, overlooking the harbor.
•Concept
The design complies with a complex program of mixed use while reminding the president in a contemporary but timeless way.
•the design of the JFK Library was organized following a fundamental and scrupulously executed geometry of simple squares, triangles and circles.
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2. The louver pyramid (le grand louver)
•the pyramid in the main courtyard of the louver palace in paris.
Is a large glass and metal pyramid surrounded by three smaller pyramids,it consists of 603 rhombus and 70 triangular glass segments .
•The larger pyramid serves as the main entrance to the louver museum, while entering it has a large lobby space which leads to the other museum spaces ,the building over all shows complex geometric designs inside and out.
•the pyramid in the main courtyard of the louver palace in paris.
Is a large glass and metal pyramid surrounded by three smaller pyramids,it consists of 603 rhombus and 70 triangular glass segments .
•The larger pyramid serves as the main entrance to the louver museum, while entering it has a large lobby space which leads to the other museum spaces ,the building over all shows complex geometric designs inside and out.