ID: 700008629 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008629	Record Type: Movable Work
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Louvre Pyramid (entrance; Pei, I. M. (1917-), American, architect ; I.M. Pei & Partner...; commissioned 1984, completed i...)

Note: Large glass and metal pyramidal-shaped entrance, surrounded by three smaller pyramids in the main courtyard, Cour Napoléon. Constructed primarily of glass segments, reaches a height of 21.6 meters. Located in: Paris, France

Titles:

Louvre Pyramid (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Pyramide du Louvre (C,U,French-P,U,U)

Glass Pyramid (C,U,English,,N)

Pyramids: Entrance to the Louvre (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

entrance [300002776] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, architectural elements, <openings and opening components>, openings (architectural elements), <openings by function>)

museum (building) [300005768]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, exhibition buildings)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: commissioned 1984, completed in 1989

Creator Display:

Pei, I. M. (1917-), American, architect ; I.M. Pei & Partners (1966-1989), firm [preferred,BWR]

I. M. Pei, architect [,VP]

engineers Nicolet Chartrand Knoll, Ltd. (Canadian engineering firm, contemporary) [500372645]

engineers Studio RFR (British-French architectural firm, contemporary) [500215694]

architect Pei, I. M. (American architect, 1917-2019, born in China) [500029268]

architectural firm I. M. Pei & Partners (American architectural firm, established 1955) [500033103]

Locations:

Paris [7008038] Île-de-France (region (administrative division)), France (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Address Note: 48.860854°N 2.335812°E

Display Materials: glass and rigging

	glass (material) [300010797]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material)

	rigging (general supporting equipment) [300404770]
	.......(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name), equipment, <equipment by process>, supporting equipment)

Dimensions: pyramidal shape: height 21.6 meters (71 ft), base sides of 34 meters (112 ft), footprint surface area of 1,000 square metres (11,000 sq ft); comprises 603 rhombus-shaped and 70 triangular glass segments

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness,undetermined)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: institutional, public, commercial, and industrial buildings

............... Louvre Palace

Sources and Contributors:
Louvre Pyramid	........ [VP]
	........ Louvre Museum (2016-)
	........ Grove Art Online (2008-)
Pyramide du Louvre	........ [VP]
	........ Louvre Museum (2016-)
Glass Pyramid	........ [BWR]
	........ BWR database (2010-) BWR3789766
Pyramids: Entrance to the Louvre	........ [VP]
	........ Louvre Museum (2016-)

Subject: ....... [VP,BWR]

....................... BWR database (2010-) BWR3789766

....................... BWR Data Reconciliation for CONA (2020-2021) processed 2020-2021

....................... BWR SSID (2010-) 3789766

....................... BWR DSSC ID (2010-) 14729

....................... Harvard Library BWR contribution (2010-) U36968

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Louvre Museum (2016-)
	..... BWR database (2010-) BWR3789766