Architecture-Building & Construction

Louvre Pyramid

1989-Paris, France
Ieoh Ming Pei
Pritzker Prize Laureate, 1983

The Louvre Pyramid by Pritzker Prize Winning Architect I.M. Pei
Photo from the Pritzker Prize Page - Reprinted with permission

Traditionalists were shocked when Chinese-born American architect I. M. Pei designed this glass pyramid at the entrance to the Louvre. The Paris art museum was a Renaissance masterpiece, and Pei's design consisted of unusual arrangements of geometric shapes. Standing 71 feet high, the pyramid lets light into the museum's reception center. The Pritzker Prize winning architect, I.M. Pei is often praised for his creative use of space and materials.

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