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East Building, National Gallery of Art : By I.M. Pei

May 27, 2011

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Washington D.C., United States I.M. PeiPost By:Kitticoon Poopong Photo © Courtesy of Flickr: username- Andy961 What would eventually become known as the West Building of the National Gallery of Art, the initial portion of the museum was financed by art collector Andrew Mellon. Architect John Russel Pope was hired to design the museum in the […]

Museum of Islamic Art : By I.M. Pei

February 10, 2011

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Doha, Qatar I.M. Pei Post By:Kitticoon Poopong Photo © Courtesy of Iwan Baan I. M. Pei pairs Islamic tradition with monumental Modernism in the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha for an opulent collection of art and artifacts. Unlike the heads of neighboring cities along the Arabian Gulf on the architectural fast track to build office buildings […]