Pei Partnership Architects

Established in 1992, Pei Partnership Architects is a full service, international practice whose broad areas of expertise focus on a single goal: design excellence. Founding Partners Chien Chung Pei and Li Chung Pei, sons of I.M. Pei and for many years key members of his firm, adhere to the design commitment, innovation and distinction they gained in over 40 years of combined experience at I.M. Pei & Partners and in the sixteen years since the creation of Pei Partnership Architects. This accumulated growth and knowledge, exemplified in the successful completion of many complex buildings worldwide, defines the work of Pei Partnership Architects: respect for past achievements and responsiveness to present needs in the pursuit of enduring architecture.

Pei Partnership Architects has been engaged to design high-rise towers, healthcare facilities, institutional buildings, museums and concert halls as well as large scale urban master plans and waterfront parks. The firm's current projects include the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Headquarters in Beijing, a luxury condominium apartment in New York City, the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, a mixed-use development in Dubai and Macao Science Center.

I. M. Pei Architect

Ieoh Ming Pei came to the United States in 1935 to study architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B. Arch. 1940) and the Harvard Graduate School of Design (M. Arch. 1946). 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.The partnership received the 1968 Architectural Firm Award of the American Institute of Architects.

Mr. Pei has designed numerous projects in this country and abroad, many of which have been award winners. His more prominent commissions include the East Building of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.; Le Grand Louvre in Paris, France; the Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong and the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston. In his native China, Mr. Pei's projects include the Fragrant Hill Hotel and the Suzhou Museum.

In 1983, Mr. Pei was chosen the Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize.

 

Site Area: 115,820 sq. ft. (10,760m2)

Building Area: 429,480 sq. ft. (39,900m2)

Schedule

Design Started January, 2001

Groundbreaking April 22, 2005

Completion July 29, 2008

Design Team

Architect:

Pei Partnership Architects with I.M. Pei Architect

Partners in Charge: Chien Chung Pei

Li Chung Pei

Project Manager: Gerald Szeto

Bing Lin

Associate Architect/Engineer:

China IPPR Engineering International

Structural Engineer: Weidlinger Associates

Mechanical Engineer: GHT Chartered

Curtain Wall Consultant: P.Y. Chin Architect

Lighting Designer: Fisher Marantz Stone, Inc.

Audio-Visual & Acoustics: Shen Milsom Wilke

Vertical Transportation: Barker Mohandas LLC

Landscape Architect: Peter Liu Associates, Inc.

Graphic Designer: Tracy Turner Design Inc.

Artists: Liu Dan

Xu Bing

Contractors:

China State Construction Engrg Corp

Shanghai Construction Group

China Rilin Group Co., Ltd.