Timeline

Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
1917/04/26 Ieoh Ming Pei is born Suzhou, China Born Suzhou Jiangsu Province, CN I M Pei's Birthday
1927/00/00 Shizilin Garden, the Pei family's private garden, makes an ideal playground for I M Pei and his cousins Childhood Shizilin Garden Suzhou
1960/00/00 Built Architect William L Slayton House Washington, DC
1961/00/00 University Apartments are built, commissioned by real estate developer, William Zeckendorf Architect University Apartments Chicago
1964/12/00 Jacqueline Kennedy spearheads selection of I M Pei as architect of the Kennedy Library. Architect John F Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Boston
1966/00/00 Trustees of the Des Moines Art Center select I M Pei to design an addition to the museum. The design is to provide space for the display of monumental sculpture, with gallery heights as much as twice those of the existing building. Completed in 1968. Architect Des Moines Art Center Des Moines
1968/07/09 Trustees of the National Gallery select Pei to design a building to provide more space for the permanent collection and visiting exhibitions, as well as a new research center. Built directly east of the West Building, Congress reserved the lot in 1937. Architect East Building, National Gallery of Art, DC Washington, DC
1975/00/00 Penthouse added, 1974-1975. Architect Lamar Building Augusta, GA
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