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.

2025年1月21日 · 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

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 ...

2010年11月18日 · 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.

2024年3月12日 · With a square base and an apex of 71 feet (21 meters), its dimensions form a miniature Great Pyramid of Giza. Initially constructed in the 12th century as a fortress, what is today the Louvre Museum served as a royal residence before becoming a public museum in 1793 after the French Revolution.

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.

2024年6月30日 · The Louvre Pyramid, a striking glass and metal structure, stands prominently in the Cour Napoléon at the Louvre Palace in Paris. Completed in 1989 as part of the Grand Louvre project, this architectural masterpiece by Chinese-American architect Ieoh Ming Pei has become a symbol of the Louvre Museum itself.

Home to an unmatched collection of priceless artworks, the Louvre’s most iconic feature is the Louvre Pyramid, a glass replication of the Great Pyramids of Giza that stands in the Cour Napoleon, or central courtyard of the Louvre.

The Louvre pyramid was built as a modern addition to the historic Louvre Museum in Paris, France. Designed by architect I.M. Pei, the pyramid serves as the main entrance to the museum and symbolizes the blending of old and new.

2025年2月27日 · Louvre Pyramid, designed by I.M. Pei, is a modern architectural icon in Paris, blending geometric design with historical significance. I.M. Pei (Ieoh Ming Pei), a Chinese-American architect born on April 26, 1917, is celebrated as one of the 20th century’s most influential architects and a pioneer of late modernism, most famously exemplified ...