Sure, it's not the Arc de Triumph, the Notre Dame Cathedral or the Eiffel Tower in terms of sheer historic prominence these structures have been emblematic of Paris for centuries longer than Pei's modernist pyramid. And many still do.īut much like the Eiffel Tower - a structure also detested by more than a few Parisians when it was erected as the temporary and dauntingly tall centerpiece for 1899's Exposition Universelle - the Louvre Pyramid has survived its early controversies and gone on to be regarded as one of Paris' most photogenic architectural landmarks. Pei's pyramidal entrance pavilion at the Louvre Museum was completed in 1989.
More than a few critics screamed "Sacré bleu!" when Chinese-American architect I.M.
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