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The telegraph/英国电讯报：

Ieoh Ming Pei, the master architect behind Louvre pyramids, celebrates 100th birthday

Pei, who grew up in Hong Kong and Shanghai before studying at Harvard with the Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius, was not the most obvious of choices for the job, having never worked on a historic building before.

But the then French president Francois Mitterrand was so impressed with his modernist extension to the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC that he insisted he was the man for the Louvre.

Smithsonian magazine/Smithsonian杂志:

The Essential I.M. Pei

The century-old architect changed the way the world sees itself

Geometric shapes, carefully planned public spaces, and use of glass and concrete soon became his trademark. As one of architecture’s most visible and awarded figures, he’s racked up plenty of fans in and outside of his profession. “He has refused to limit himself to a narrow range of architectural problems,” noted the jury in their citation for Pei’s 1983 Pritzker Prize, the industry’s highest honor. "His versatility and skill in the use of materials approach the level of poetry.”

Inc/主流商业报刊《Inc.》:

18 Inspiring Quotes From I.M. Pei

I.M Pei turns 100 this week. His legacy will last another 100 years at least.

1. "Stop worrying about missed opportunities and start looking for new ones."

2. "Success is a collection of problems solved."

3. "Modern architecture needed to be part of an evolutionary, not a revolutionary, process."

Louvre 卢浮宫

Bauhaus 包豪斯（建筑学派）

modernist 现代主义的

National Gallery of Art 美国国家艺术馆

architect 建筑师

architecture 建筑学

architectural 建筑学的

geometric shape 几何形状

public space 公共空间

trademark 标志

rack up 大量获得

profession 职业；专业

jury 评委会

Pritzker Prize 普里兹克奖

versatility 多才多艺

evolutionary 进化的；演化的

revolutionary 革命性的