IM Pei: Building China Modern
For those of you, like me, who missed out on Wednesday's broadcast premiere of the wonderful IM Pei: Building China Modern, you'll be pleased to learn that you can watch the hour-long documentary on the great architect's journey to build an art museum in his native Suzhou, China. It's yet another gem from PBS's American Masters series,and here we see Pei, the designer, Pei the PR-man, and perhaps most fascinatingly, Pei the dealmaker playing by turns the son of Suzhou and the foreign eminence grise. You can only see the film online from now until June 30th, so jump at the chance to watch one of our best and most charismatic architects at work today!
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I have been to Suzhou and this museum is beautiful. What I loved most about it was that IM Pei did preserve the traditional character and history of Suzhou in his modern design. I import 18th and 19th century Chinese furniture and the reason people love this style is because it works so well with contemporary design.
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