Ugh these brownish-pink circles might have been the worst idea of I. M. Pei's long, long career. They look bad now but they looked even worse when they were new!
In 1983 I. M. Pei won the Pritzker Prize but the jury must not have seen pictures of these unsightly brownish-pink circles in Dayton.
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In downtown Dayton, Ohio, on October 12th, 2019, the former Gem City Plaza, a/k/a National City Center, later known as PNC Center, designed by I. M. Pei & Partners and built in 1981, at the northeast corner of North Main Street and East 3rd Street.
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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Dayton (7013511)
• Montgomery (county) (1002689)
Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• architectural ornament (300378995)
• beige (color) (300266234)
• brownish pink (300126215)
• circles (plane figures) (300055627)
• deterioration (300054106)
• doors (300002803)
• entrances (300002776)
• office buildings (300007043)
• reflective glass (300010881)
• soiling (300379469)
• squares (geometric figures) (300055637)
• street addresses (300386983)
Wikidata items:
• 8 (Q23355)
• 12 October 2019 (Q57350627)
• 1980s in architecture (Q11185955)
• 1981 in architecture (Q2812810)
• Dayton-Kettering, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area (Q105129400)
• Dayton-Springfield-Kettering, OH Combined Statistical Area (Q105129400)
• Downtown Dayton (Q5303412)
• October 12 (Q2920)
• October 2019 (Q47087606)
• Southwest Ohio (Q14221358)
• Treaty of Greenville (Q767317)
Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Geometry in architecture (sh00000156)
Union List of Artist Names IDs:
• I. M. Pei & Partners (American architectural firm, established 1955) (500033103)
• Pei, I. M. (American architect born in China, 1917-2019) (500029268)
