I.M. Pei

aka: First Person Singular, The Museum on the Mountain
USA 1997-1998, 84/49 minutes
Dir. Peter Rosen
Rating: [Exempt]
Genres: Documentary

Topics: Architecture.

Aroview: Two excellent documentaries about the internationally renowned architect I.M. Pei.

'First Person Singular' - This charts the career of the Chinese-born Pei, who has consistently followed the path of producing functional buildings, harmonious yet striking in design. Although mainly working in the USA, perhaps his best-known building is the 'glass pyramid' reburbishment of the Louvre in Paris.

'The Museum on the Mountain' - Follows the design and construction of one of Pei's most challenging assignments, a modern museum of religious artifacts to be built on a remote mountaintop in Japan.