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Louvre Pyramid Architecture, Paris
Modern French building in the Capital City design by I M Pei with Ian Ritchie Architects
5 Jan 2011
Louvre Pyramid Paris
Paris Louvre Pyramid images © Steven Powell, 2010

Commissioned by the President of France, François Mitterrand, in 1984, it was designed by the architect I. M. Pei..

The daring glass structure, which was constructed entirely with glass segments and metal poles, reaches a height of 21.6 metres (71 ft).

Its square base has sides of 34 metres (112 ft) and a base surface area of 1,000 square metres (11,000 sq ft). It consists of 603 rhombus-shaped and 70 triangular glass segments.

The pyramid structure was engineered by Nicolet Chartrand Knoll Ltd. of Montreal (Pyramid Structure / Design Consultant) and Rice Francis Ritchie of Paris (Pyramid Structure / Construction Phase). Inverted Pyramid:

photo from Ian Ritchie Architects 2007
Location: centred in the courtyard of this world-famous art gallery, in central Paris, France
Louvre Museum Pyramid architect – I. M. Pei.

photo © Jocelyne Van den Bossche from Ian Ritchie Architects 2007
The pyramid and the underground lobby beneath it were created because of a series of problems with the Louvre’s original main entrance, which could no longer handle the large number of visitors on an everyday basis.
Expressed Pyramid:

photos from Ian Ritchie Architects 2007
Visitors enteri...