Louvre Pyramid
In the Louvre’s main courtyard, Cour Napoléon, a glass-and-metal pyramid anchors the museum’s Grand Louvre transformation—designed by I. M. Pei and completed in 1989. Announced in 1981 by President François Mitterrand, the project chose Pei as architect in 1983, and his pyramid plan was presented to the public in early 1984. Built with glass segments and metal poles, it rises 21.6 metres, with a square base 34 metres per side and a base surface area of 1,000 square metres. The structure is made up of 603 rhombus-shaped and 70 triangular glass segments, set at a 51.52-degree angle that echoes the geometry of ancient Egyptian pyramids—an intentional nod to Egyptian Revival design. Beneath it, the pyramid’s skylight role goes beyond light: it admits illumination to the underground visitors’ hall and creates sight lines from that concourse into the palace wings. …
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