The glass and metal pyramid rises from the center of the Cour Napoléon, its sharp geometric slopes contrasting against the heavy, ornate masonry of the surrounding palace wings. When architect I. M. Pei proposed this structure in the early nineteen eighties, he faced intense public outcry from those who believed a modernist glass form destroyed the aesthetic of the historic French monument. Construction moved forward anyway, and the pyramid became the main entrance to the Louvre, channeling visitors into a vast subterranean reception hall.
Louvre Pyramid
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