(Note: In the late 1970s I.M. Pei was invited to plan a super-skyscraper for a site within Beijing. Pei turned down the offer, saying that "the appearance of the ancient capital should be preserved.")
（編按：一九七○年代末，貝聿銘曾受邀到北京城內規劃超高層建築，當時貝先生以「保留古都風貌」提出不要在北京城區建超高層的建議。）