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Pei

(Encyclopedia) Pei, river, China: see Bei.

Pei-hai

(Encyclopedia) Pei-hai: see Beihai, China.

Pei-p'iao

(Encyclopedia) Pei-p'iao: see Beipiao, China.

Pei, I. M.

(Encyclopedia) Pei, I. M. (Ieoh Ming Pei)Pei, I. M.pā [key], 1917–2019, Chinese-American architect, b. Guangzhou, China. Pei immigrated to the United States in 1935 and studied at the Univ. of…

Architects and Their Masterpieces

An architect designs homes, libraries, museums and other structures or environments. Here are some famous modern architects and their signature creations…

Doha

(Encyclopedia) Doha Doha dōˈhä [key], city (2021 est. metro area pop. 646,000), capital of Qatar, SE…

Cobb, Henry Nichols

(Encyclopedia) Cobb, Henry Nichols, 1926–2020, American modernist architect, b. Boston, grad. Harvard Graduate School of Design (1949). At Harvard he met I. M. Pei, with whom he established a New…

Prince Edward Island National Park

(Encyclopedia) Prince Edward Island National Park, 7 sq mi (18 sq km), NW P.E.I., Canada, on the Gulf of St. Lawrence; est. 1937. It extends 25 mi (40 km) along the coast and contains sand dunes,…

Beipiao

(Encyclopedia) Beipiao or PehpiaoPehpiaoboth: bā-pēou [key], city (1994 est. pop. 200,700), Liaoning prov., China. It is a coal-mining center. The name sometimes appears as Pei-p'iao.

Cornell University

(Encyclopedia) Cornell University, mainly at Ithaca, N.Y.; with land-grant, state, and private support; coeducational; chartered 1865, opened 1868. It was named for Ezra Cornell, who donated $500,000…