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.

Jan 21, 2025 · 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.

2 days ago · Macron announced the creation of a new "grand entrance" to the Louvre, located on its eastern façade, to relieve congestion at the iconic glass pyramid where visitors currently enter and exit ...

Mar 12, 2024 · 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.

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 ...

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.

2 days ago · The Louvre has been plagued with overcrowding and outdated facilities. Advertisement Its latest overhaul dates to the 1980s, when the iconic glass pyramid was unveiled.

2 days ago · Already, the museum has capped daily attendance at 30,000 people, who mostly enter via the Louvre Pyramid, a glass-and-steel structure designed by the architect I.M. Pei in the 1980s, during the ...

Jun 30, 2024 · 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.

2 days ago · French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that the “Mona Lisa” will get its own dedicated room inside the Louvre. Macron said Tuesday that the museum would be renovated and expanded in a major overhaul within the decade. ... The Louvre’s last overhaul dates back to the 1980s, when the iconic glass pyramid was unveiled. A look at what ...