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The Louvre Pyramid (French: Pyramide du Louvre) is a large glass-and-metal structure designed by the Chinese-American architect I. M. Pei. The pyramid is in the main courtyard ( Cour Napoléon ) of the Louvre Palace in Paris , surrounded by three smaller pyramids.
Louvre Pyramid, pyramid that serves as the main entrance to the Louvre Museum in Paris. It was designed by architect I.M. Pei and completed in 1989. One of Pres. François Mitterrand’s grands projets (“great projects”), the Pyramid was part of a much-needed rationalization of France’s greatest museum.
- Barnabas Calder
Apr 19, 2017 · Louvre Pyramid: The Folly that Became a Triumph Two architects who worked with I.M. Pei on the AIA's 2017 Twenty-Five Year Award-winning project recall the emergence of an icon. By Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson
In the centre of the Cour Napoléon stands the most visible product of the vast ‘Grand Louvre’ project that modernised the museum in the 1980s: the Louvre's Pyramid, an architectural feat that has come to symbolise the museum itself.
Jul 20, 2021 · Designed by renowned Chinese American architect I. M. Pei, the Louvre Pyramid is now renowned as a significant architectural achievement. It has won numerous awards, including the American Institute of Architects’ (AIA) prestigious Twenty-five Year Award in 2017.
The Louvre glass pyramid in Paris is an intricate fusion of traditional and modern architecture. It stands at the core of the Cour Napoleon courtyard of the Louvre Museum. Just beneath the pyramid is the lobby that connects the museum's three pavilions - Denon, Richelieu, and Sully.
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Nov 18, 2010 · The monumental appearance of the glass and steel pyramid fixed in the middle of the court provides a central focal point that compliments the scale and design of the Louvre.
