Dec 30, 2007

Suzhou Museum

In the modern architectural field, I. M. Pei earns a high reputation and is a well-known architect. He is the only world-class Chinese architect as well as one of the most important architectural artists in the 20th century.... (Suzhou Museum)

In Japan, Pei designed Miho Museum in Shiga, which house extensive private collection of Mihoko Koyama, who was the richest woman in Japan.













Pei loves this musuem so much, that he personally contributed to the construction of the museum. Partly, also because his ancestors are from Suzhou too.
This museum is said to be his last masterpiece.





Other famous masterpiece by Pei are Bank of China in Hong Kong, John Fitzgerald Library in Boston and the Pyaramid of the Louvre in Paris. He is the first Asian Architect to won the famous Pritzker Prize in 1983

5 comments:

zbjernak said...

wow!
that musuem is really something....
cool and very the zen

Kazu said...

Great set! 5 and 7 are like a painting! ;)

PS: you just update under pressure, huh? haha

Eddie said...

thanks zbjernak, yes, the museum is a must see in suzhou.

Kazu: I have a free reminder, to remind me it is time to "update!, update", hehehe. happy new year !

Nightraveller said...

What a gorgeous museum! Definitely a must-go to me!

AL LEE said...

I like the bamboo-bench pic!