The Mind Behind So Many Great Buildings 眾多偉大建築背後的推手
精英翻譯社轉自https://paper.udn.com/udnpaper/POH0054/367761/web/
His buildings can be seen in cities around the world—from Taichung, Taiwan, to Washington DC in the United States. His iconic designs include the great glass pyramid outside the Louvre Museum in Paris, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, and The Museum of Islamic Art in Doha. Ieoh Ming Pei (I. M. Pei), who died in 2019 aged 102, is well deserving of the title "The Master of Modern Architecture."
世界各地的都市均可看見他設計的建築─從台灣台中到美國的華盛頓特區。他的代表作包括巴黎羅浮宮外的玻璃金字塔、俄亥俄州克里夫蘭的搖滾音樂名人堂，以及杜哈的伊斯蘭藝術博物館。逝於2019年、享嵩壽102歲的貝聿銘，擁有「現代建築大師」的頭銜，而且絕對實至名歸。
Born in 1917 in China, Pei moved to the United States to study when he was just 17 years old. In 1946, he achieved a master's degree in architecture from Harvard University, and in 1948, he accepted a top position at Webb & Knapp, a property development company. There, he produced his first successful project—an office building for Gulf Oil in Atlanta, Georgia. After several successful years at the company, however, Pei wanted more creative freedom. So in 1955, he set out on his own and established his own company, I. M. Pei & Associates.
生於1917年的中國，貝聿銘17歲即遷居至美國讀書。1946年，他取得哈佛大學的建築碩士學位。1948年，他接受「齊氏威納」房地產開發公司最高職位的聘僱。他在該公司產出第一項成功的企畫案─也就是喬治亞州亞特蘭大的海灣石油辦公大廈。不過，在該公司締造成功佳績幾年後，貝聿銘希望擁有更多創作自由。因此，他於1955年單飛創業自己的公司「貝聿銘聯合建築事務所」。
Over the next several decades, using a combination of simple shapes and materials such as glass, concrete, and steel, Pei designed some of the world's most unique buildings. His amazing work won him award after award. And although he officially retired in 1990, Pei, ever dedicated to his work, continued to design until his last days.
接下來超過數十載的時間，貝聿銘結合簡單形狀與玻璃、水泥和鋼鐵等材質，設計出世上某些最為獨特的建築。他令人驚豔的作品使他獲獎連連。雖然貝聿銘於1990年正式退休，一直到去世以前，仍繼續全心投入設計工作。
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