The Louvre’s latest overhaul dates back to the 1980s, when the iconic glass pyramid was unveiled. Now, the museum is not up to international standards anymore. Macron said the expansion of the ...
The Louvre’s last overhaul took place in the 1980s, when the iconic, and controversial at the time, glass pyramid at its entrance was unveiled. Macron said the expansion will allow the Mona Lisa ...
Already, the museum has capped daily attendance at 30,000 people, who mostly enter via the LouvrePyramid, a glass-and-steel structure designed by the architect I.M. Pei in the 1980s, during the ...
[Photo: Antoine Boureau/Hans Lucas/AFP/Getty Images] The Louvre currently has only one entrance—the iconic glass pyramid by architect I.M. Pei, opened in 1989. Overcrowding of the throughway in ...
The entrance to the building—I. M. Pei’s LouvrePyramid—was designed to accommodate just half of the visitors it currently does. To alleviate that issue, a new entrance will be created at the ...