FOR I. PEI, HISTORY IS STILL HAPPENING


	FOR I. PEI, HISTORY IS STILL HAPPENING
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12-14-2008 11:38 AM
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/219350e7-9741-44dd-b115-70c33ca89a16/A665D7E8-F9A8-4E62-B983-3BA04A26B9D7/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/14/arts/design/14ouro.html" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/14/arts/design/14ouro.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.nytimes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/14/arts/design/14ouro.html"><NYT_HEADLINE type=" " version="1.0">
For I. M. Pei, History Is Still Happening
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The Museum of Islamic Art at Doha, Qatar, was designed by I. M. Pei. The building is on a small man-made island that is accessible from a short bridge.
<A href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/12/14/arts/20081214-OURO_index.html">More Photos &gt;</A>
</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/14/arts/design/14ouro.html"><P>DOHA, Qatar</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/14/arts/design/14ouro.html"><H2>
<A href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/12/14/arts/20081214-OURO_index.html">Connecting the Past and the Present</A> 
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