Today is the 99th birthday of the Chinese-American architect I.M. Pei (1917- ). In honor of the event, Henry Bemis Books honors the designer of the Kennedy Library, the National Gallery of Art’s East Wing, the iconic Louvre Pyramids, and scores of other structures in a half-century global career.
Wiseman, Carter, I.M. Pei, A Profile in American Architecture (Abrams, 1st ed., 1990). ISBN 0-8109-3709-3. A survey of the career of the Chinese-American architect, now 98 years old, at the peak of his powers. Hardcover, unclipped dust jacket, very good condition. 320 pp; 10 color portfolios containing sixty pictures; 335 illustrations in all. Very good condition. HBB price $25.
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