IM Pei, the Chinese-American architect who died in 2019 at the age of 102, seems a perfect choice for the inaugural architecture exhibition in Hong Kong’s vast M+ museum. His towering Bank of China tower is visible over the water; like Hong Kong itself, his career straddled east and west, finance and art, commerce and culture. From his striking addition to the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC (1978) to his serene Museum of Islamic Art in Doha (2008), not to mention the controversial glass pyramid at the Louvre, you could call him the world’s first starchitect.
美籍华裔建筑师贝聿铭(IM Pei)于2019年去世，享年102岁，他似乎是香港庞大的M+ 博物馆举办首届建筑展的最佳人选。从水面上可以看到他设计的manbetx3.0 银行大厦；就像香港本身一样，他的职业生涯横跨东西方、金融与艺术、商业与文化。从他为华盛顿特区国家美术馆(National Gallery of Art)设计的引人注目的扩建(1978年)到他在多哈设计的宁静的伊斯兰艺术博物馆(2008年)，更不用说卢浮宫备受争议的玻璃金字塔，你可以称他为世界上第一位建筑界的明星。