His bold and modern approach on contemporary design honors and elevates tradition ... Meet the Chinese American architect behind the Louvre’s glass pyramid appeared first on JoySauce.

The glass pyramid that serves as an entry for the Louvre remains one of his most famous ... With President François Mitterrand’s backing, the pyramid design moved forward.

From the moment I.M. Pei’s design for the pyramidal ... Recent studies show that the Louvre now draws nearly twice the number of visitors than it did before the Pyramid’s installation.

I.M. Pei, the versatile, globe-trotting architect who revived the Louvre with a giant glass pyramid and captured ... and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, to design the John F. Kennedy Memorial Library ...

Constructing the Louvre Pyramid and the three accompanying pyramidions ... Also, his decision to entrust the project design to I. M. Pei was not well-received, as many worried that entrusting ...

The design of the pyramid creates a greenhouse effect and can magnify sound. He also announced that the Mona Lisa — one of the most famous of the estimated 35,000 works of art in the Louvre's ...

pp”The pyramid does not so much alter the Louvre as hover gently beside it ... ppWinning the commission to design the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library Museum in 1964 established him as ...

I.M. Pei, the versatile, globe-trotting architect who revived the Louvre with a giant glass pyramid and captured the spirit of rebellion at the multi-shaped Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, has died at ...