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For I. M. Pei, History Is Still Happening

China Architecture News - Dec 15, 2008 - 15:49   8124 views

I CAN’T seem to get the Museum of Islamic Art out of my mind. There’snothing revolutionary about the building. But its clean, chiseled formshave a tranquillity that distinguishes it in an age that often seemstrapped somewhere between gimmickry and a cloying nostalgia.
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