The city of Sarasota is best known, architecturally speaking, as the birthplace of a climate-responsive regional style of (largely) residential post-war architecture whose practitioners, among others, most famously included a young Paul Rudolph. However, another giant of modern architecture working outside of this movement, known as the Sarasota School of Architecture, also made his mark on this sunny stretch of Florida’s Gulf Coast during the same era: I.M. Pei.

Aerial view of Pei Dormitories and Palm Cour at New College, Date unknown. Photo courtesy New College Foundation