We also hear how architect IM Pei was commissioned to rebuild the grand entrance to the Louvre in Paris – and chose to create an enormous glass pyramid. History - Helps address the lives of ...

D.C., as well as the Louvre Pyramid, which went from being one of the most hated proposals during the museum’s renovation to an iconic piece of contemporary architecture in Paris. Other major ...

Outside of the largest museum in the world, the Louvre ... the late famed architect recounts how he came up with the style and the design. "We came up with this pyramid because of its shape ...