American Masters

I.M. Pei: Building China Modern

Season 24 Episode 2 | 53m 20s

I.M. Pei: Building China Modern captures Pei as he forges an architectural language that brings together Western modernity and Eastern tradition into a current synthesis. After decades of living in the U.S. and unprecedented international acclaim, Pei returns as a foreigner to his birth country to give a new direction for Chinese architecture in which history can live in the midst of change.

Aired: 03/29/10 | Expires: 03/01/30

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