Pei Cobb Freed and Partners entrusts I. M. Pei’s Archive to MIT Museum

Pei Cobb Freed and Partners has donated the archival collection of firm founder I. M. Pei to his alma mater, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Bachelor of Architecture, 1940). The archive includes approximately 1,500 rolls of architectural drawings, 50 architectural models, and 1,000 linear feet of manuscripts and other archives spanning sixty projects across Pei’s decades-long career. Partner José Bruguera, said: “Pei Cobb Freed & Partners celebrated its 70th anniversary last year. There could be no better way to mark this milestone than to ensure the preservation of I. M. Pei’s project records for future generations of students, scholars, and architects. We are delighted to place his archives in the care of the institution that nurtured him, first as a student and then as a visionary designer who helped shape the MIT campus.”