現代主義建築最後大師」華裔美籍建築師貝聿銘辭世，享嵩壽102歲。他曾獲有建築界諾貝爾獎美譽的普利茲克獎，「羅浮宮金字塔是他最為人津津樂道的作品之一。
1984年，在時任法國總統密特朗（Francois Mitterrand）委託下，貝聿銘替羅浮宮主庭院設計由玻璃和金屬建造的巨大金字塔，作為主要入口，周圍環繞3個相同造型的小型金字塔，於1989年完工。
羅浮宮金字塔建造初期，因風格與充滿古典氣息的羅浮宮主建築格格不入，受到大批巴黎市民反對。當時法國民眾大多認為出自貝聿銘之手的玻璃金字塔設計過於前衛，要求取消擴建。這項工程最終在爭議聲中保留，羅浮宮金字塔至今矗立30年，已成為巴黎地標之一。
貝聿銘出身蘇州望族，1917年4月26日生於廣州，父親貝祖貽曾任中華民國央行總裁，也是中國銀行創辦人之一；生母莊氏為清廷國子監祭酒後代。
貝聿銘18歲時留學美國，在賓夕法尼亞大學（University of Pennsylvania）攻讀建築，之後轉往麻省理工學院（MIT），1940年取得MIT建築學士學位，1946年取得哈佛大學建築碩士學位，1954年成為美國公民。
貝聿銘踏入建築界後展現設計高樓大廈的長才，1955年與在地產商齊氏威奈（Webb & Knapp）共事的建築師一同成立貝聿銘建築師事務所（I.M. Pei &Associates），事業逐漸起飛。
貝聿銘作品以公共與文教建築為主，被歸類為現代主義建築。他善用鋼材、混凝土、玻璃與石材，強調光與空間的結合，留下「讓光線來作設計」的名言。
他的代表作包括美國華府國家藝廊東廂、法國巴黎羅浮宮擴建工程、香港中國銀行大廈。
貝聿銘生前獲得眾多榮耀，最受矚目的是1983年獲頒普利茲克建築獎（Pritzker Architecture Prize）。
现代主义建筑最后大师」华裔美籍建筑师贝聿铭辞世，享嵩寿102岁。他曾获有建筑界诺贝尔奖美誉的普利兹克奖，「罗浮宫金字塔是他最为人津津乐道的作品之一。
1984年，在时任法国总统密特朗（Francois Mitterrand）委托下，贝聿铭替罗浮宫主庭院设计由玻璃和金属建造的巨大金字塔，作为主要入口，周围环绕3个相同造型的小型金字塔，于1989年完工。
罗浮宫金字塔建造初期，因风格与充满古典气息的罗浮宫主建筑格格不入，受到大批巴黎市民反对。当时法国民众大多认为出自贝聿铭之手的玻璃金字塔设计过于前卫，要求取消扩建。这项工程最终在争议声中保留，罗浮宫金字塔至今矗立30年，已成为巴黎地标之一。
Ieoh Ming Pei, FAIA, RIBA[1] (26 April 1917 – 16 May 2019) was a Chinese-American architect. Born in Guangzhou and raised in Hong Kong and Shanghai, Pei drew inspiration at an early age from the gardens at Suzhou. In 1935, he moved to the United States and enrolled in the University of Pennsylvania's architecture school, but quickly transferred to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was unhappy with the focus at both schools on Beaux-Arts architecture, and spent his free time researching emerging architects, especially Le Corbusier. After graduating, he joined the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) and became a friend of the Bauhaus architects Walter Gropius and Marcel Breuer. In 1948, Pei was recruited by New York City real estate magnate William Zeckendorf, for whom he worked for seven years before establishing his own independent design firm I. M. Pei & Associates in 1955, which became I. M. Pei & Partners in 1966 and later in 1989 became Pei Cobb Freed & Partners. Pei retired from full-time practice in 1990. Since then, he has taken on work as an architectural consultant primarily from his sons' architectural firm Pei Partnership Architects.
Pei's first major recognition came with the Mesa Laboratory at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado (designed in 1961, and completed in 1967). His new stature led to his selection as chief architect for the John F. Kennedy Library in Massachusetts. He went on to design Dallas City Hall and the East Building of the National Gallery of Art. He returned to China for the first time in 1975 to design a hotel at Fragrant Hills, and designed Bank of China Tower, Hong Kong, a skyscraper in Hong Kong for the Bank of China fifteen years later. In the early 1980s, Pei was the focus of controversy when he designed a glass-and-steel pyramid for the Musée du Louvre in Paris. He later returned to the world of the arts by designing the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas, the Miho Museum in Japan, the Suzhou Museum in Suzhou,[2] Museum of Islamic Art in Qatar, and the Grand Duke Jean Museum of Modern Art, abbreviated to Mudam, in Luxembourg.
Pei won a wide variety of prizes and awards in the field of architecture, including the AIA Gold Medal in 1979, the first Praemium Imperiale for Architecture in 1989, and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in 2003. In 1983, he won the Pritzker Prize, sometimes called the Nobel Prize of architecture.
