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PEI Architects

{{Short description|New York-based architecture firm}}

{{distinguish|Pei Cobb Freed & Partners}}

{{Use mdy dates|date = February 2019}}

{{Use American English|date = February 2019}}

{{Infobox company

| name = PEI Architects LLP

| logo = PEI Architects logo.png

| logo_size = 100px

| type = Limited liability partnership

| foundation = 1992

| location = 257 Park Ave South,
New York City, U.S.

| area_served = International

| key_people = Li Chung Pei, Chien Chung Pei

| industry = Architecture

| services = Architecture
Interior Design
Sustainable Design
Urban Design & Planning

| owner = Chien Chung Pei
Li Chung Pei

| num_employees = 30 persons

| homepage = {{URL|pei-architects.com}}

}}

PEI Architects, formerly Pei Partnership Architects, is an international architecture firm based in New York City. Co-founded by the sons of I. M. Pei, Chien Chung (Didi) Pei and Li Chung (Sandi) Pei, in 1992, PEI Architects has focused on projects like museums, healthcare facilities, commercial buildings, and high-rise residential towers, as well as urban plans and waterfront parks.

The firm is active in North America, Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://pei-architects.com/about-us/ |access-date=2022-11-09 |website=PEI Architects}} Major projects have included the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C.,{{Cite news |last=Lee |first=Suevon |date=May 28, 2008 |title=China's new embassy in U.S. reflects growing clout |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/28/world/asia/28iht-embassy.1.13269969.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=2022-11-08}} the Bank of China Head Office in Beijing,{{Cite news |last=Strong |first=Janet Adams |date=March 2002 |title=A cultural landmark carved in stone: I.M. Pei collaborated with his two sons in designing Pei Partnership Architects' new Head Office of the Bank of China in Beijing, which is a monumental display of Italian Roman classic travertine |volume=19 |pages=44–60 |work=Stone World |issue=3 |url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edsbig&AN=edsbig.A84722128&lang=en-gb&site=eds-live&scope=site |access-date=2022-11-08 |via=EBSCOHost}} the Suzhou Museum, and the Centurion luxury condominium in New York City,{{Cite news |last=Marino |first=Vivian |date=January 1, 2013 |title=The 30 Minute Interview: Li Chung Pei |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/02/realestate/commercial/the-30-minute-interview-li-chung-pei.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=2022-11-08}} among others.

Background

Didi and Sandi Pei founded Pei Partnership Architects (PPA) in 1992, after working for their father's firm.{{Cite news |last=Dunlap |first=David W. |date=November 21, 1999 |title=The Delicate Matter Of Passing the Torch |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/11/21/realestate/the-delicate-matter-of-passing-the-torch.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=2022-11-11}}{{Efn|As of November 2022, the PEI Architects website gives its founding year as 1990, but all secondary sources to date have given the year as 1992.}} Both brothers earned master's degrees in architecture from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, and gained experience in large-scale building design projects at I. M. Pei & Partners,{{Cite news |last1=Adams |first1=Jennifer |last2=Reis |first2=Michael |date=April 2008 |title=Architects Roundtable – Pei Partnership Architects |url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edsbig&AN=edsbig.A181714975&lang=en-gb&site=eds-live&scope=site |access-date=2022-11-08 |work=Stone World |pages=226–252 |via=EBSCOHost}} which became Pei Cobb Freed & Partners after their father retired in 1990. I. M. Pei worked as a consultant for his sons' business into his nineties, before his death in 2019 at age 102.{{Cite news |last1=Puente |first1=Maria |last2=Spillane |first2=Matt |date=May 20, 2019 |title=I. M. Pei, who produced 'timeless' works, dies |page=2A |work=The Journal News |location=White Plains, New York |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112737855/i-m-pei-who-produced-timeless-works/ |access-date=2022-11-08 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{Cite news |last=Goldberger |first=Paul |date=May 16, 2019 |title=I.M. Pei, Master Architect Whose Buildings Dazzled the World, Dies at 102 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/16/obituaries/im-pei-dead.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=2022-11-08}}{{Efn|As of 1993, I. M. Pei was spending three days a week at the offices of Pei Partnership Architects, and the other two days "holding court" at Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, according to The Washington Post.{{Cite news |last=Hales |first=Linda |date=October 5, 2003 |title=Architect at the Apex; I.M. Pei's Pyramids and Sharp Angles Have Taken Him in One Direction: To the Top |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/409536420 |id={{ProQuest|409536420}} |via=ProQuest}}}}

In 2010, World Policy Journal stated that "Didi and his brother are placing their stamp on many of China's greatest cities – from Macau and Hong Kong to Shanghai, Shenzhen and Beijing."{{Cite journal |last=Bradley |first=Ryan |date=Winter 2010–2011 |title=The Architect and the City |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40963770 |journal=World Policy Journal |volume=27 |issue=4 |pages=33–40 |jstor=40963770}} According to I. M. Pei, Pei Partnership Architects "came of age" with the Bank of China (BOC) Beijing headquarters project.{{Cite news |last=Mosher |first=Diana |date=May 2002 |title=Mainland Dynasty: a new Beijing headquarters is the latest in a series of collaborations between Bank of China and the Pei Family |work=Contract |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A87079682/ITOF?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-ITOF&xid=c83a3dde |access-date=2022-11-09 |via=Gale OneFile}} The PPA's Bank of China Head Office project was the most recent milestone in the Pei family's long association with the BOC, starting with grandfather Tsuyee Pei, who served as a director of the bank, and I. M. Pei, who designed the Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong.

The firm's philosophy is to understand the local context for each project, which has led to design choices such as using white cantera, a local limestone, for the exterior of the Guanajuato State Library in León, Mexico.

Notable projects

File:Bank of China Headquarter, Beijing.jpgThe firm collaborated on designing the new chancery building for the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Washington, D.C. According to C. C. Pei, the firm received about $4 million for its work in overseeing the design of the Chinese Embassy. Other major collaborative projects, also involving their father, included the design of the Bank of China Head Office building in Beijing; the Macau Science Center; and the Suzhou Museum. In designing the Suzhou Museum, both Chien Chung and Li Chung Pei were closely involved with their father in selecting every rock and tree used in the gardens. While I. M. Pei designed the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar, Pei Partnership Architects worked with Qatar Museums Authority (QMA) landscape architects on the adjacent {{convert|70|acre|adj=on}} Museum of Islamic Art Park.{{Cite news |last=Olayiwola |first=Noimot |date=January 7, 2012 |title=Museum park makes families' day |work=Gulf Times |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A312585886/STND?u=wikipedia&sid=ebsco&xid=a29917e5 |access-date=2022-11-08 |via=Gale OneFile}}{{Cite web |title=Museum of Islamic Art Park |url=https://pei-architects.com/projects/museum-of-islamic-art-park/ |access-date=2022-11-08 |website=PEI Architects}}

Projects led by Didi Pei for Pei Partnership Architects have included the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, which was done in collaboration with Perkins+Will. He also led the design of the United States National Slavery Museum in Fredericksburg, Virginia, after the firm was appointed by the former governor of Virginia, Douglas Wilder;{{Cite news |last=Bernstein |first=Fred A. |date=June 24, 2004 |title=For African-Americans, a Chance to Draft History |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/24/garden/for-african-americans-a-chance-to-draft-history.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=2022-11-11}} as of {{As of|2022|December|bare=yes}} the museum remains unbuilt.{{Cite news |last=Svrluga |first=Susan |date=March 22, 2014 |title=As Richmond mulls a slavery heritage site, supporter of stalled museum speaks up: Former governor has pushed project for decades, but his participation in Virginia capital's vision is uncertain |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1509257371 |access-date=2022-11-11 |id={{ProQuest|1509257371}} |via=ProQuest}} Since founding PPA, Sandi Pei led projects including the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China headquarters in Beijing, and The Centurion, the firm's first ground-up building in New York City.

PEI Architects has also undertaken large-scale urban development projects in the U.S., Mexico, China, Indonesia, and Singapore.{{Cite news |date=August 2003 |title=Global thinking |volume=45 |work=Contract |issue=8 |url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=10643726&lang=en-gb&site=eds-live&scope=site |access-date=2022-11-08 |via=EBSCOHost}} In 2009, Pei Partnership Architects received the AIA/ALA Library Building Award for its design of the Guanajuato State Library in Léon, Mexico, the first of several new cultural buildings that were part of the Centro Cultural Guanajuato masterplan prepared by the firm.{{Cite news |last=Adams |first=Jennifer |date=June 2009 |title=New library marries tradition and modernism |pages=54–61 |work=Stone World |url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&AN=41522122&lang=en-gb&site=eds-live&scope=site |access-date=2022-11-08 |via=EBSCOHost}}

Unique eco-conscious projects undertaken by Pei Partnership Architects have included the Beijing Xingdebao BMW 5S dealership, designed to consume 30 percent less energy than other buildings of its size, using gardens with wind turbines, solar and photovoltaic panels, and geothermal energy systems.{{Cite news |date=October 2012 |title=Design Wire |volume=83 |pages=43–52 |work=Interior Design |issue=10 |url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=83146296&site=ehost-live |access-date=2022-11-08 |via=EBSCOHost}}

List of selected projects

File:Doha - towards the islamic art museum.jpg Park along the Doha Bay]]

File:Biblioteca Central Estatal (León, Guanajuato).jpg]]

= Commercial =

  • Alturki Business Park, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia{{Cite news |date=March 30, 2012 |title=Emirates Steel Building Project of the Year |work=MEED: Middle East Economic Digest |url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=74620576&lang=en-gb&site=eds-live&scope=site |access-date=2022-11-10 |via=EBSCOHost}}{{Cite web |title=Alturki Business Park |url=https://pei-architects.com/projects/alturki-business-park/ |access-date=2022-11-10 |website=PEI Architects}}
  • Amgen Headquarters, Thousand Oaks, California{{Cite web |title=Amgen Headquarters |url=https://pei-architects.com/projects/amgen-headquarters/ |access-date=2022-11-10 |website=PEI Architects}}
  • Bank of China Head Office, Beijing{{Cite book |last=Jodidio |first=Philip |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LkCfkF4ApmgC&dq=%22shanghai+commercial+bank%22+%22pei+partnership%22&pg=PA417 |title=Architecture Now! |publisher=Taschen |year=2002 |isbn=9783822815946 |volume=2 |location=Köln |pages=416–419 |language=en, de, fr}}
  • Bank of China Heritage Building, Hong Kong{{Cite news |last=Yiu |first=Enoch |date=February 21, 2017 |title=The architect family behind Hong Kong's Bank of China Tower |work=South China Morning Post |url=https://www.scmp.com/property/hong-kong-china/article/2072625/architect-family-behind-hong-kongs-bank-china-tower |access-date=2022-11-10}}{{Cite web |title=Bank of China Heritage Building |url=https://pei-architects.com/projects/bank-of-china-heritage-building/ |access-date=2022-11-10 |website=PEI Architects}}
  • Beijing Xingdebao BMW 5S Dealership
  • Chateau Lynch-Bages Winery, Pauillac, Bordeaux, France{{Cite web |title=Chateau Lynch Bages Winery |url=https://architectureprize.com/winners/winner.php?id=3738&mode=hm&compID=12794 |access-date=2022-11-10 |website=Architecture Masterprize}}
  • Faria Lima B32, São Paulo, Brazil{{Cite news |last=Maldacena |first=Carmen |date=May 1, 2022 |title=Riding Fast |work=Elevator World |url=https://elevatorworld.com/article/riding-fast/ |access-date=2022-11-10}}{{Cite web |title=Faria Lima B32 |url=https://pei-architects.com/projects/faria-lima-b32/ |access-date=2022-11-10 |website=PEI Architects}}
  • Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Headquarters, Beijing
  • Q1 Fortune Tower, Qingdao, China{{Cite news |last=Wilcox |first=Kevin |date=November 2013 |title=October 1: Qingdao's Eccentric Fortune Tower Tops Out |page=9 |work=Civil Engineering |url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=94709310&lang=en-gb&site=eds-live&scope=site |access-date=2022-11-10 |via=EBSCOHost}}
  • Shanghai Commercial Bank headquarters, Hong Kong
  • Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange, China{{Cite web |title=ZHENGZHOU COMMODITY EXCHANGE BUILDING — China |url=https://hsfacade.com/projects/commercial/zhengzhou-commodity-exchange-building/ |access-date=2022-11-10 |website=HS + A}}{{Cite web |title=Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange |url=https://pei-architects.com/projects/zhengzhou-commodity-exchange/ |access-date=2022-11-10 |website=PEI Architects}}

File:Suzhou Museum garden view from inside.jpg

= Cultural =

  • Balai Pameran Islam Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah (BPIS) Museum, Brunei{{Cite news |date=September 20, 2018 |title=BECK successfully delivers new Islamic heritage centre in Brunei |work=Museum + Heritage Advisor |url=https://advisor.museumsandheritage.com/supplier-news/beck-successfully-delivers-new-islamic-heritage-centre-brunei/ |access-date=2022-11-11}}
  • China Institute, Upper East Side, Manhattan, New York{{Cite news |last=Pogrebin |first=Robin |date=July 9, 2015 |title=China Institute Moving to Larger Home in Lower Manhattan |work=The New York Times |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/07/09/china-institute-moving-to-larger-home-in-lower-manhattan/ |access-date=2022-11-11}}
  • Dongfang City Coast Zone Urban Design International Competition, Hainan, China{{Cite news |last=Zhang |first=Wenjun |date=May 20, 2022 |title=东方：圆百姓宜居梦 创滨海城市带典范 [Dongfang: Fulfilling people's liveable dreams and creating a model for coastal cities] |language=Simplified Chinese |work=Hainan Daily |url=http://city.ce.cn/news/202205/20/t20220520_7342237.shtml |access-date=2022-11-11 |via=China Economic Net}}

File:Wongwt 水舞間 (16664260774).jpg

  • Guanajuato State Library, León, Mexico{{cite web |date=April 8, 2009 |title=AIA/ALA Library Awards |url=http://www.architectureweek.com/2009/0408/news_1-1.html |accessdate=2022-11-08 |website=ArchitectureWeek}}
  • Jianfu Palace Garden, Beijing, China{{cite web |title=Historical Record – Jianfu Palace Garden |url=http://archrecord.construction.com/ar_china/bwar/0604-14_palaceGarden.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080224025224/http://archrecord.construction.com/ar_china/bwar/0604-14_palaceGarden.asp |archive-date=February 24, 2008 |accessdate=2016-07-22 |website=Architectural Record China}}
  • Macau Dancing Water Theater, City of Dreams, Macau{{Cite news |last=Ma |first=Maggie |date=September 2010 |title=Macau's One-of-a-Kind Entertainment Complex |volume=44 |work=Institutional Investor |issue=7 |url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=53934215&lang=en-gb&site=eds-live&scope=site |access-date=2022-11-11}}
  • Macau Science Center, Macau{{Cite news |title=Macau Science Center |work=PEI Architects |url=https://pei-architects.com/projects/macau-science-center/ |access-date=2022-11-11}}
  • Museum of Islamic Art Park, Doha, Qatar
  • Nanhai Cultural Center International Design Competition, Guangzhou, Foshan City, China{{Cite web |title=Nanhai Cultural Center – International Design Competition |url=https://pei-architects.com/projects/nanhai-cultural-center/ |access-date=2022-11-11 |website=PEI Architects}}
  • Six Dynasties Museum, Nanjing, China{{Cite book |last=Ng |first=Kenny K.K. |title=The Heritage Turn in China: The Reinvention, Dissemination and Consumption of Heritage |publisher=Amsterdam University Press |year=2020 |isbn=9789462985667 |editor-last=Ludwig |editor-first=C. |pages=191–212 |chapter=The Museum as Expression of Local Identity and Place: The Case of Nanjing |editor-last2=Wang |editor-first2=Y. |editor-last3=Walton |editor-first3=L.}}
  • Suzhou Museum, Suzhou, China{{Cite news |last=Ivy |first=Robert |date=May 2007 |title=I.M. Pei returns to his family's hometown in China and designs the Suzhou Museum for a sensitive, historic site |volume=195 |work=Architectural Record |issue=5 |url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=asu&AN=504319250&lang=en-gb&site=eds-live&scope=site |access-date=2022-11-10 |via=EBSCOHost}}
  • U.S. National Slavery Museum, Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States (unbuilt)

=Health care=

  • Martha Stewart Center for Living at Mount Sinai, New York, New York{{Cite news |last=Hrehocik |first=Maureen |date=December 1, 2008 |title=Healthy aging in the center of NYC; Martha Stewart-funded center blends architectural simplicity with integrated care |work=Long-Term Living |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Healthy+aging+in+the+center+of+NYC%3B+Martha+Stewart-funded+center...-a0191853443 |access-date=2022-11-08 |via=The Free Library}}
  • Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California{{Cite web |title=Ronald Reagan - University of California Los Angeles Medical Center : UCLA |url=http://www.uclahealth.org/body_med.cfm?id=346 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100224111144/http://www.uclahealth.org/body_med.cfm?id=346 |archive-date=February 24, 2010 |access-date=June 28, 2013}}

=Residential=

  • The Centurion, New York City{{Cite news |last=Barrionuevo |first=Alexei |date=April 19, 2012 |title=My, How You've Grown! |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/22/realestate/my-how-youve-grown.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=2022-11-11}}{{cite web |title=The Centurion |url=http://centurioncondo.com/ |accessdate=2016-07-22 |website=New York Residents}}
  • West Village Townhouse, New York City

=Governmental=

  • Embassy of People's Republic of China in Washington, D.C.

Notes

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References

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External links

  • {{Official website|https://pei-architects.com|name=PEI Architects (official website)}}
  • [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87DAcrzuUvw 2022 Tucker Design Awards: Chateau Lynch-Bages New Bordeaux Winery (YouTube)]

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