The Louvre

Richard Cleaver from Toronto, Canada

Hi Sujit. The two structures can be found in the courtyard of the Louvre Museum in Paris. I found a position inside one of the main buildings where the two outside structures aligned to form an interesting geometric pattern.

The Louvre Pyramid was built on the axis of the French Revolution. The central courtyard, on the axis of the Champs-Élysées, is occupied by the Louvre Pyramid, built in 1989, and serves as the main entrance to the museum.

The Louvre Pyramid is a large glass pyramid commissioned by then French president François Mitterrand, designed by Ieoh Ming Pei and was inaugurated in 1989. This was the first renovation of the Grand Louvre Project. The Carre Gallery, where the Mona Lisa was exhibited, was also renovated. The pyramid covers the Louvre entresol and forms part of the new entrance into the museum.

2 May 2007 10:05am