Title: American masters. building China modern /
Authors: Shirley, Eugene B.; Makepeace, Anne.; Funck, Brian; Pei, I. M., 1917-2019; Jencks, Charles; Cobb, John B.; Pacem Distribution International.; Independent Television Service; South Carolina Educational Television Network.; China Intercontinental Communication Center; New River Media (Firm); Bullfrog Films.
Publisher: Bullfrog Films : PACEM Distribution International, LLC,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Pei, I. M.,; Suzhou bo wu guan.; Chinese American architects Biography.; Art museums China Suzhou (Jiangsu Sheng); Art museum architecture China Suzhou (Jiangsu Sheng); Museum buildings Design.
Abstract: "Entering the twilight of his career, Pei returns to his ancestral home of Suzhou, China to work on his most personal project do date. He is commissioned to build a modern museum in the city's oldest neighborhood which is populated by classical structures from the Ming and Qing dynasties. The enormous task is to help advance China architecturally without compromising its heritage. In the end, what began as his greatest challenge and a labor of sentiment, says Pei, ultimately becomes 'my biography'"--Container.