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Description
About
Louvre
Pyramid
The
Louvre
Pyramid
(Pyramide
du
Louvre)
is
a
large
glass
and
metal
pyramid,
surrounded
by
three
smaller
pyramids,
in
the
main
courtyard
(Cour
Napoléon)
of
the
Louvre
Palace
(Palais
du
Louvre)
in
Paris.
When
François
Mitterrand
was
elected
President
of
France
in
1981,
he
laid
out
an
ambitious
plan
for
a
variety
of
construction
projects.
One
of
these
was
the
renovation
of
the
Louvre
Museum.
Mitterrand
appointed
a
civil
servant
named
Émile
Biasini
to
oversee
it.
After
visiting
museums
in
Europe
and
the
United
States,
including
the
US
National
Gallery,
he
asked
Pei
to
join
the
team.
The
architect
made
three
secretive
trips
to
Paris,
to
determine
the
feasibility
of
the
project;
only
one
museum
employee
knew
why
he
was
there.[109]
Pei
finally
agreed
that
a
reconstruction
project
was
not
only
possible,
but
necessary
for
the
future
of
the
museum.
He
thus
became
the
first
foreign
architect
to
work
on
the
Louvre.
Structure
The
large
pyramid
serves
as
the
main
entrance
to
the
Louvre
Museum.
Completed
in
1989,
it
has
become
a
landmark
of
the
city
of
Paris.
The
structure,
which
was
constructed
entirely
with
glass
segments,
reaches
a
height
of
20.6
metres
(about
70
feet);
its
square
base
has
sides
of
35
metres
(115
ft).
It
consists
of
603
rhombus-shaped
and
70
triangular
glass
segments.
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
enormous
number
of
visitors
on
an
everyday
basis.
Visitors
entering
through
the
pyramid
descend
into
the
spacious
lobby
then
re-ascend
into
the
main
Louvre
buildings.
To
minimize
the
impact
of
the
structure,
Pei
demanded
a
method
of
glass
production
that
resulted
in
clear
panes.
The
pyramid
was
constructed
at
the
same
time
as
the
subterranean
levels
below,
which
caused
difficulties
during
the
building
stages.
As
they
worked,
construction
teams
came
upon
an
abandoned
set
of
rooms
containing
25,000
historical
items;
these
were
incorporated
into
the
rest
of
the
structure
to
add
a
new
exhibition
zone.
The
new
Louvre
courtyard
was
opened
to
the
public
on
14
October
1988,
and
the
Pyramid
entrance
was
opened
the
following
March.
By
this
time,
public
opinion
had
softened
on
the
new
installation;
a
poll
found
a
fifty-six
percent
approval
rating
for
the
pyramid,
with
twenty-three
percent
still
opposed.
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