ADVERTISEMENT“I received many angry glances in the streets of Paris,” Pei later said, confessing that “after the Louvre I thought no project would be too difficult”. In March, the pyramid celebrated its 30th birthday and it remains a cherished architectural landmark. Pei’s masterstroke was to link the three wings of the world’s most visited museum with vast underground galleries bathed in light from his glass and steel pyramid. But the Louvre’s then director, Andre Chabaud, resigned in 1983 in protest at the “architectural risks” Pei’s vision posed. The incumbent, however, is in no doubt that the pyramid is a masterpiece that helped turn the museum around.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 17, 2019 04:07 UTC