His projects

Luce Memorial Chapel (1963) Dallas, Texas City Hall (1972) John Hancock Tower, in Boston (1976) East Building, National Gallery of Art (1979) Bank of China Tower (1982-1990) Pyramids of the Louvre (1989)
Accomplishments
the Gold Medal for Architecture from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the Gold Medal of the American Institute of Architects the Gold Medal from Alpha Rho Chi (the national professional fraternity of architects) the Grande Médaille d'Or from the French Académie d'Architecture the Pritzker Architecture Prize
introduction
In 1977 the AIA presented Cobb with a National Honor Award for the John Hancock Tower As of 2005, it is the tallest building in New England, the 43rd tallest building in the United States, and the 112th tallest building in the world achievement in minimalist, modernist skyscraper design no spandrels between the floors and the mullions are minimal glass is tinted blue -transplanted sky in day time
Falling glass panes
The building's most dangerous flaw Police close off surrounding streets whenever winds reached 45 mph (72 km/h) Glass crashes to the sidewalk hundreds of feet below combination of the doublepaned glass pressure differentials between the inside and outside air installing a network of 10,000 sensors
In 1955 he formed the partnership of I. M. Pei & Associates, which became I. M. Pei & Partners in 1966 and Pei Cobb Freed & Partners in 1989 received the 1968 Architectural Firm Award of the American Institute of Architects, the highest honor bestowed on an architectural practice by the Institute In late 1990, after more than four decades of practice, Mr. Pei retired from the firm in order to pursue smaller projects of personal interest
Ieoh Ming Pei
The contemporary great architect
Early life and education
Chinese name:貝聿銘 born in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China April 26, 1917 At 17, went to the US to study architecture received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from MIT in 1940 I. M. Pei became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1954
Hancock Tower
Basic information
Located in Boston John Hancock Tower /"New" Hancock Tower /officially named Hancock Place designed by I.M. Pei and Henry N. Cobb 790 feet sixty floors 10,344 panes of glass 4' x 11', 500 lb (1.2x3.4 m, 227 kg) windowpanes completed in 1976
M.Pei
Location: Paris France Date :1989
Building Type: art museum entrance Construction System: glass and steel rods and cable Style :modern