Billie Tsien is a renowned Chinese-American architect, co-founder of Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects, National Medal of Arts recipient, and lead designer behind the Obama Presidential Center. Tsien profiles architect I.M. Pei, whose bold geometric designs—from the National Gallery's East Wing to the Louvre pyramid—helped define American modernism.
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Unless otherwise noted, all images used in this video are in the public domain.
John F Kennedy Presidential Library in Columbia Point, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Larry D. Moore. 25 June 2017 . This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en
The Society Hill Towers from the east, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. 8 June 2015. Arcoterion. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en
The Bingham Court townhouses at Locust and S. 4th Street in the Society Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia was built in 1967 and was designed by I. M. Pei & Associates. Photo by Beyond My Ken. 22 April 2013. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en
“I.M. Pei’s pyramid at The Louvre” by Peter Morgan. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en
I.M. Pei portrait. Forgemind ArchiMedia. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en
I.M. Pei portrait. Forgemind ArchiMedia. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en
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