A Great Piece of Architecture

The Louvre Pyramid Ieoh Ming Pei, 1989, Paris, France

The Louvre Pyramid is a landmark in Paris, as well as one of the most spectacular and famous architectures in the world. It is one of The Grands Projects commencing by French President François Mitterrand in 1983, and designed by the architect Ieoh Ming Pei. The pyramid structure was built completely by 603 rhombus-shaped and 70 triangular glass segments, which engineered by Nicolet Chartrand Knoll Ltd. of Montreal and Rice Francis Ritchie of. Its square base has sides of 35 meters and the height is 21.6 meters. It was created as the main entrance to the Louvre Museum because of the old one could no longer handle immense visitors every day. The Pyramid is always a construction that I fully appreciated since it not only expands and modernises The Louvre, it is also a symbol of environmental friendly architecture.