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Standardized Propaganda Units for War Time and Peace Time, Undergraduate Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Courtesy of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
Courtesy of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners

Pei’s senior thesis at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1940) called for portable units that would circuit the countryside to bring news and entertainment to refugees from China’s civil war. His explorations into steel, wood, and bamboo-reinforced concrete previewed a career of materials investigation and technological advancement.

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