translated from Spanish: Architect I.M. Pei dies, creator of the Louvre pyramid

The outstanding architect died at 102 years, reported on Thursday the New York Times. The publication points out that Pei, who started his long career working for a new York real estate company, died on Wednesday night, according to one of the architect’s sons, Li Chung Pei, on a phone call.
Pei, known especially for the entrance pyramid of the Louvre Museum in Paris and the East building of the Washington National Art Gallery, was hired by William Zeckendorf, an important construction businessman from new York, in 1948, shortly after To graduate from Harvard University.
Pei initially dedicated himself to supervising the projects of the Zeckendorf Company, Webb & Knapp, which built important skyscrapers in the Big Apple, a platform that he used to form in 1955 his own company, I. M. Pei & Associates.
Work in museums
Although this company was initially engaged in Zeckendorf projects, for 1960 Pei, known for its discreet but competitive character, it had begun to win important competitions to build, for example, the National Center for Atmospheric Research of Colorado (1967), as well as the Syracuse Everson Art Museum (in new York state) and the Des Moines Art Center (Iowa), both in 1968.
These were the first museums of a long series, among which he highlighted, in addition to his designs for the Museum of Washington and the Louvre, the Museum of Fame of Rock and Roll in Ohio (1995), also a large structure made of glass.
One of his last amazing museums was the Islamic Art of Doha (Qatar) which he designed in 2008, a project he took as an opportunity to learn from a culture that he did not know and whose study led him to travel around the world visiting examples of architecture Islamic.
In addition to museums, the architect designed concert halls, academic structures, hospitals, office towers, and public buildings such as the Dallas City Hall (1977), the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston (1979), and the Guggenheim Pavilion at the Moint Hospital. New York Sinai (1992).

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