PEI Architects

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PEI Architects LLP
Type Limited liability partnership
Industry Architecture
Founded1992
Headquarters257 Park Ave South,
New York City, U.S.
Area served
International
Key people
Li Chung Pei, Chien Chung Pei
Services Architecture
Interior Design
Sustainable Design
Urban Design & Planning
OwnerChien Chung Pei
Li Chung Pei
Number of employees
30 persons
Website 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 specialized in high-profile projects including museums, healthcare facilities, commercial buildings, and high-rise residential towers, as well as urban masterplans and waterfront parks, [1] [2] in North America, Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. [1] Major projects have included the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C., [3] the Bank of China Head Office in Beijing, [4] the Suzhou Museum, the Centurion luxury condominium in New York City, [5] and many others.

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Background

Didi and Sandi Pei founded Pei Partnership Architects (PPA) in 1992, after working for their father's firm. [6] [lower-alpha 1] 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, [2] which became Pei Cobb Freed & Partners after their father retired in 1990. [6] I. M. Pei worked as a consultant for his sons' business into his nineties, before his death in 2019 at age 102. [7] [8] [lower-alpha 2]

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." [10] According to I. M. Pei, Pei Partnership Architects "came of age" with the Bank of China (BOC) Beijing headquarters project. [11] 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. [11]

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. [12]

Notable projects

Bank of China head office building, Beijing Bank of China Headquarter, Beijing.jpg
Bank of China head office building, Beijing

The two brothers collaborated on designing the new chancery building for the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Washington, D.C. [2] According to C. C. Pei, the firm received about $4 million for its work in overseeing the design of the Chinese Embassy. [3] 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. [2] [3] 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. [13] While I. M. Pei designed the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar, [8] Pei Partnership Architects worked with Qatar Museums Authority (QMA) landscape architects on the adjacent 70-acre (28 ha) Museum of Islamic Art Park. [14] [15]

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. [2] He also led the design of the United States National Slavery Museum in Fredericksburg, Virginia, [2] after the firm was appointed by the former governor of Virginia, Douglas Wilder; [16] as of December 2022 the museum remains unbuilt. [17] Since founding PPA, Sandi Pei led projects including the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China headquarters in Beijing, and The Centurion, [2] the firm's first ground-up building in New York City. [5]

PEI Architects has also undertaken large-scale urban development projects in the U.S., Mexico, China, Indonesia, and Singapore. [2] [18] 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. [19] [12]

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. [20]

List of selected projects

Museum of Islamic Art Park along the Doha Bay Doha - towards the islamic art museum.jpg
Museum of Islamic Art Park along the Doha Bay
Wigberto Jimenez Moreno State Central Library, Leon, Guanajuato Biblioteca Central Estatal (Leon, Guanajuato).jpg
Wigberto Jiménez Moreno State Central Library, León, Guanajuato

Commercial

Suzhou Museum garden view from interior Suzhou Museum garden view from inside.jpg
Suzhou Museum garden view from interior

Cultural

Inside the 2,000-seat Macau Dancing Water Theater Wongwt Shui Wu Jian (16664260774).jpg
Inside the 2,000-seat Macau Dancing Water Theater

Health care

Residential

Governmental

Notes

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ 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. [9]

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