Hotel, Fragrant Hills (1982)*

Artist/Designer: Pei Cobb Freed & Partners .

Project Location: Beijing, China

Figure 1: I.M. Pei, The Lobby at The Fragrant Hill Empark Hotel. Source: Hotels.com – The Lobby at The Fragrant Hill Empark Hotel. Digital Image. ( Source | Accessed : April 5, 2014 )

Figure 2: I.M. Pei, The Lobby at The Fragrant Hill Empark Hotel. Source: Gisling– Fragrant Hill Hotel Lobby. Digital Image. ( Source | Accessed : April 5, 2014 )

Figure 3: I.M. Pei, The Lobby at The Fragrant Hill Empark Hotel. Source Edith Endrenyi:– Fragrant Hill Hotel Lobby. Digital Image. ( Source | Accessed : April 5, 2014 )

Style/Period(s):
Post Modern, Revival Styles

Primary Material(s):
Concrete

Function(s):
Hospitality

Related Website(s):

http://www.pcf-p.com/a/p/7905/s.html.

Significant Date(s):
20th Century

Additional Information:
Designed by world-famous Chinese architect, I.M.Pei, this hotel sit within the public park, Fragrant Hills. It was designed to merge the interior spaces with the exterior spaces, and to give equal weight to the asymmetry and symmetry in the design.

Publications/Texts in Print-

Jodidio, Philip, and Janet Adams Strong. I.M. Pei: complete works. New York: Rizzoli, 2008.

Rubalcaba, Jill, and I. M. Pei. I.M. Pei: architect of time, place, and purpose. New York: Marshall Cavendish, 2011. http://www.SLQ.eblib.com.au/patron/FullRecord.aspx?p=753642.

Pei, I. M., Kenji Yoshida, and Kei Yokoyama. I.M. Pei : words for the future = I.M. Pei : jisedai ni okuru messēji. Tōkyō: A + U, 2008.

Additional Information

Building Address
Fragrant Hill Park Haidian District, Beijing, China

Supporting Designers/Staff
Architecture by I.M. Pei

Significant Dates
Exterior built by I.M. Pei in 1982

Associated Projects
Suzhou Museum

Tags
I.M. Pei, China, Beijing, Postmodern Architecture, Hotels

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