I.M. Pei, a Chinese-American architect, won the Pritzker Prize with 1983, and was regarded as "the last master of modern architecture".
I.M. Pei was born in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province in the early years of the Republic of China. His father Bei Zuyi was the governor of the Central Bank of the Republic of China and one of the founders of the Bank of China.
I.M. Pei's works are mainly public buildings, cultural and educational buildings, which are classified as modernist buildings and make good use of steel, concrete, glass and stone. His representative works include the East Wing of the National Gallery of Washington, the expansion project of the Louvre in Paris, the Bank of China Tower, the Suzhou Museum, and his recent works include the Islamic Art Museum in Kadadhuha.