Ieoh Ming Pei, the creator of the Louvre pyramid

Ieoh Ming Pei the creator of the Louvre pyramid

A mischievous smile and the glance luminous, Ieoh Ming Pei is known in France for having imagined the famous Pyramid of the Louvre. But the career of thearchitect Chinese American does not stop there. She was even particularly prolific.

Ieoh Ming Pei is at the origin, throughout the world, of many buildings as dizzying and audacious. In 1983, his work was rewarded by the profession. He was awarded the Pritzker Prize — a sort of equivalent to the Nobel Prize in architecture — for his extension of the Metropolitan Museum of art. Let’s take a look at some of his works.

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