General Information
Project Type
| Structure: |
Truss |
|---|---|
| Function / usage: |
Museum building |
Location
| Location: |
Paris ( 1st), Paris, Ile-de-France, France |
|---|---|
| Part of: | |
| Location description: |
In the interiour court of the Louvre Museum |
| Coordinates: | 48° 51' 40" N 2° 20' 9" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| width | 35.42 m | |
| height | 21.64 m |
Materials
| inside frame |
steel
|
|---|---|
| façade |
glass
|
Notes
The pyramid has the same proportions as the Great Pyramid at Giza.
Participants
Architecture
-
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners Architects LLP
- I. M. Pei (architect)
Design consultants
Structural engineering
Steel construction
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (2000): 100 Monuments du XXe Siècle. Patrimoine et architecture de France. Editions France Loisirs, Paris (France), pp. 192-193.
- (1998): L'Egypte à Paris. Action artistique de la Ville de Paris, Paris (France), pp. 214.
- (1999): Le grand Louvre. De la pyramide à l'orangerie. Editions Le Moniteur, Paris (France), pp. 208.
- (1993): Le grand Louvre. Editions Le Moniteur, Paris (France), pp. 216.
- Grands Travaux. Numéro spécial "Connaissance des Arts". Connaissance des Arts, Paris (France), pp. 18-27.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20000295 - Published on:
21/05/1999 - Last updated on:
06/06/2018
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