貝聿銘 I. M. Pei
urbandweller
August 31, 2008, 10:04 PM posted in General DiscussionIeoh Ming Pei (貝聿銘) (b. April 26, 1917), commonly known by his initials I. M. Pei, is a Pritzker Prize-winning Chinese-born American architect, known as the last master of high modernist architecture. He works with the abstract form, using stone, concrete, glass, and steel. Pei is perhaps one of the most successful Asian architects of the 20th century, with his works built all over the world.
1989 — Bank of China Tower, Hong Kong
1989 Louvre Pyramid, Paris France
1995 — Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in Cleveland, Ohio
1990 — The Gateway, Singapore 1963 Luce Memorial Chapel, Taichung, Taiwan. 
barryb
August 31, 2008, 11:13 PMI'm not a Christian, but I think his chapel in Taiwan is brilliant. It draws you up to heaven like a kind of irresistible chimney... so welcoming... (a bit sexual?!). I think it's because the sweep upwards begins at human, ground level - traditional church spires point upwards, but first put you in your place. And it's a pair of hands together, praying; angel's wings; pages of a bible. Love it!
How big is it? Small, I suppose - it's a chapel. Better if it was hundreds of feet tall.
(I don't know much about architecture. Just my emotional reaction.)
urbandweller
August 31, 2008, 10:07 PMhmmm....had some formatting problems there...
1989 Louvre Pyramid, Paris France