Editing I. M. Pei (section)

== Awards and honors ==
In the words of his biographer, Pei won "every award of any consequence in his art",<ref name="Wiseman, p. 323" /> including the Arnold Brunner Award from the [[National Institute of Arts and Letters]] (1963), the [[American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medals|Gold Medal]] for Architecture from the [[American Academy of Arts and Letters]] (1979), the [[AIA Gold Medal]] (1979), the first ''[[Praemium Imperiale]]'' for Architecture from the Japan Art Association (1989), the Lifetime Achievement Award from the [[Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum]], the 1998 [[Edward MacDowell Medal]] in the Arts,<ref>The MacDowell Colony</ref> and the 2010 [[Royal Gold Medal]] from the [[Royal Institute of British Architects]]. In 1983 he was awarded the [[Pritzker Prize]], sometimes referred to as the Nobel Prize of architecture. In its citation, the jury said: "Ieoh Ming Pei has given this century some of its most beautiful interior spaces and exterior forms&nbsp;... His versatility and skill in the use of materials approach the level of poetry."<ref name="pritzker">[http://www.pritzkerprize.com/1983/jury "Jury Citation"]     {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130217132323/http://www.pritzkerprize.com/1983/jury |date=February 17, 2013 }}. The Pritzker Architecture Prize. 1983. The Hyatt Foundation. Retrieved September 10, 2014.</ref> The prize was accompanied by a US$100,000&nbsp;award, which Pei used to create a scholarship for Chinese students to study architecture in the U.S., on the condition that they return to China to work.<ref>[http://www.pcf-p.com/a/f/fme/imp/b/b.html "I. M. Pei: Biography"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070218141906/http://www.pcf-p.com/a/f/fme/imp/b/b.html |date=February 18, 2007}}. Pei Cobb Freed & Partners. Retrieved December 26, 2009.</ref> In 1986, he was one of twelve recipients of the [[Medal of Liberty]]. When he was awarded the 2003 [[Henry C. Turner Prize]] by the [[National Building Museum]], museum board chair Carolyn Brody praised his impact on construction innovation: "His magnificent designs have challenged engineers to devise innovative structural solutions, and his exacting expectations for construction quality have encouraged contractors to achieve high standards."<ref name="Turner">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.architectureweek.com/2003/0423/news_1-1.html|title=I. M. Pei's Construction Innovation|magazine=Architecture Week|date=April 23, 2003|access-date=March 8, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707155617/http://www.architectureweek.com/2003/0423/news_1-1.html|archive-date=July 7, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> In December 1992, Pei was awarded the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] by President [[George H. W. Bush]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Remarks on Presenting the Presidential Medals of Freedom|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=21770|publisher=University of California, Santa Barbara|access-date=April 26, 2017|archive-date=August 31, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831174739/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=21770|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1996, Pei became the first person to be elected a foreign member of the [[Chinese Academy of Engineering]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.china.org.cn/chinese/2017-11/28/content_50074088.htm|script-title=zh:中国工程院新增18位外籍院士 比尔·盖茨入选|date=November 28, 2017|website=China.org.cn |language=zh-cn |access-date=August 21, 2019}}</ref> Pei was also an elected member of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] and the [[American Philosophical Society]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ieoh Ming Pei |url=https://www.amacad.org/person/ieoh-ming-pei |access-date=June 14, 2022 |website=American Academy of Arts & Sciences |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=APS Member History |url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=I.+M.+Pei&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced |access-date=June 14, 2022 |website=search.amphilsoc.org}}</ref>