Architect I.M. Pei dies at 102

Former real estate developer became one of the most revered architects in the world.



I. M. Pei, the Chinese American architect who began his long career working for a New York real-estate developer and ended it as one of the most revered architects in the world, has died. He was 102.

His son Li Chung Pei said on Thursday that his father had died overnight.

Mr. Pei was probably best known for designing the East Building of the National Gallery of Art in Washington and the glass pyramid that serves as an entry for the Louvre in Paris.

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Health aide arrested for assault on I.M. Pei

Eter Nikolaishvili is accused of attacking the 98-year-old world-renowned architect.



In New York, a home health care aide to internationally-renowned architect I.M. Pei was arrested and charged with assault after attacking the 98-year-old retiree in his Manhattan home last month.

Aide Charged in Assault on I. M. Pei

28-year-old Eter Nikolaishvili is accused of grabbing Pei's right forearm and forcefully twisting it on December 13. According to the criminal complaint, Pei suffered bruises and bleeding after the attack.

The assault reportedly took place when Nikolaishvili attempted to take a telephone away from Pei because he had threatened to report her to police for doing "something bad."

Architect arrested for planning office shooting

35-year-old Kon Jang is accused of threatening to stage a mass shooting at his workplace



Whoa. Some frightening news out of New York, where an architect was arrested last month for allegedly planning to shoot co-workers at his company's office, after learning he was going to be fired.

N.Y.-based Korean interior designer arrested after threatening mass shooting

35-year-old Kon Jang, an employee at the design firm CetraRuddy, is accused of planning to stage a mass shooting at his workplace. According to police, a colleague alerted authorities when she heard Jang making threats, claiming he "had bought a gun, that he was planning something, that it was going to be a tragedy." He also reportedly had a diagram mapping out his victims in the office.

Nick Offerman builds a Japanese gazebo

Parks and Recreation star pays homage to his mentor, Professor Emeritus Shozo Sato



I kept watching this video expecting something to indicate that it was some kind of elaborate comedy sketch. But it's apparently real. Parks and Recreation star Nick Offerman recently returned to his alma mater, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, to build a Japanese gazebo in honor of his mentor, Professor Emeritus Shozo Sato. Everything about that last sentence is awesome, right?

Offerman, who expertly plays Ron Swanson on the NBC comedy, is also a professional boat builder and has a side business as a wood craftsman. But once upon a time he was a young acting student under the tutelage of Professor Sato. Last fall, he hosted a fundraiser for U of I's Japan House, and oversaw the construction of this dope azuyama. Watch: