World-renowned Chinese-American architect I. M. Pei died early Thursday, at age 102, a spokesperson for Pei's New York architectural firm confirmed. /VCG Photo

Best known for designing the glass pyramid at the Louvre in Paris, his works usually strike a refined balance of the contemporary and conservative. /VCG Photo

Among his notable works are the John F. Kennedy Library in Massachusetts, the Miho Museum in Japan, the East Building of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong, and the Deutsches Historisches Museum. /VCG Photo

The new Suzhou Museum in east China’s Jiangsu Province was designed by I. M. Pei in 1999. /VCG Photo