Guided Viewing: “I.M. Pei: Life is Architecture” with Professor Wang Weijen at M+

The HKU Museum Society is pleased to present a guided viewing of the M+ exhibition, I.M. Pei: Life is Architecture with Professor Wang Weijen. 

The first comprehensive retrospective exhibition of I.M. Pei (1917-2019), I.M. Pei: Life is Architecture, will examine the works of this Chinese-American architectural master in detail.  Pei’s high-profile architectural projects spanned seven decades and spanned a vast area, including the East Building of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, the Grand Louvre in Paris, the Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong, and the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha.  His life and career were also intertwined by power relations, complex geopolitics, cultural traditions, and various urban styles around the world, forming a splendid and rich experience.  His cross-cultural vision laid the foundation for the contemporary world.       

Speaker

Professor Wang Weijen is the Director of Wang Weijen Architecture, Andrew KF Lee Professor of Architecture Design and Director of Center for Chinese Architecture and Urbanism at University of Hong Kong.  Integrating architecture with landscape and urban-rural conditions, his design projects, covering schools, campuses, and community buildings, received design awards including HKIA 2022 Project of the Year, AIA Awards, HKIUD Awards and others.  With research focuses on typology of Chinese Architecture and Cities, his writings and designs have been published in numerous international and regional architectural journals.  He is also the Editorial Director of HKIA Journal, Curator for Hong Kong on 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale, Curator of 2007 Hong Kong Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism.

More information about the exhibition can be found here:

https://www.mplus.org.hk/tc/exhibitions/i-m-pei-life-is-architecture/

Image Credit:
M+ West Kowloon Cultural District