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"Best known in Europe for his controversial glass-and-steel pyramid for the Louvre Museum, I.M. Pei is a celebrated master of modern architecture. Rubalcaba tells the contentious stories behind six of Pei's distinguished buildings, all pivotal points in his illustrious career, inc.: The JFK Presidential Library (Boston), Fragrant Hill Hotel (nr Forbidden City, China), and the Louvre (Paris). Each story, illustrated with drawings, plans, and photographs, follows Pei on his journey - from his search for design inspiration, through the trials of construction, to finished project. Pei once explained his approach to his work as requiring ""a full understanding of three elements - time, place, and purpose - to arrive at a perfect balance""."

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"""Exceptionally attractive bookmaking enhances the story of Pei's career: stylish font with wide leading on generous white space; delicately framed color photographs, plans, elevations, and sketches harmonize with the text layout; bibliography, timeline, notes, resources, major Pei deigns, and index enjoy care in design seldom lavished on end matter. This is an essential addition to the 720s and a first choice for adolescents imagining a future in architecture or engineering."" --The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books"

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Jill Rubalcaba lives in Middletown, Connecticut. Her recent book, Every Bone Tells a Story: Hominin Discoveries, Deductions, and Debates, co-authored with Peter Robertshaw, was a finalist for the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults.

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