Obituary: I.M.Pei died on May 16th
The architect most famous for the Louvre pyramid was 102
WHEN IN 1984 I.M.Pei, then the most sought-after architect in America, presented his plans for a 70-foot glass pyramid in the 18th-century courtyard of the Louvre, the general reaction was outrage. This was an atrocity; it was “an annex to Disneyland”. Because Mr Pei was Chinese-American, a foreigner twice over, he clearly had no understanding of the Louvre, or Paris, or France.
This article appeared in the Obituary section of the print edition under the headline “His light materials”
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