Located on the shore of Lake Eerie in Cleveland, Ohio, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was designed by architect I.M Pei and broke ground in 1993 and finished construction in 1995. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is one of the most iconic buildings in Cleveland as Pei’s signature glass pyramid is built into Lake Eerie. Cleveland out-bid other cities in the U.S and pledged to spend sixty-five million dollars in public funding to spend on and create the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame reaches a height of 162 feet (tower) and composed of many different structures (twin glass pyramid-like structure, circular structures built into Lake Eerie). Pei used his style and design combined with other architectural elements to resemble the arm of a record player. The front of the museum opens into the circular plaza which tries to reference a record. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has eight different levels and includes an exhibition hall, two movie theaters, and a stage on the entrance level.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is a combination of different geometric forms that houses more than 55,000 square feet of exhibition space. Pei tried to design the building using musical influence, For example, Pei tried to resonate and reverberate voices/sounds from the center of the building to sound like a musical chord. This building has won numerous awards such as the Engineering Excellence Award (1998) from the New York Association of Consulting Engineers and the Award for Innovative Design and Excellence in Architecture Using Structural Steel (1998) from the American Institute of Architects and the American Institute of Steel Construction.