| Three sides have 171 panes each: 18 triangular ones on the edges and 153 rhombic ones arranged in a triangle; the fourth side, with the entrance, has 9 fewer rhombic and 2 fewer triangular ones, giving 160 | Writing in , ridiculed Pei's rationale that the structure would help visitors locate the entrance: "What Pei really meant was that in our unfolding , public institutions need an area |
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| 5 million visitors a year, the pyramid proved inadequate by the time the Louvre's attendance had doubled in 2014 | Plataforma Networks Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide |
where rich people can assemble for cocktail parties, banquets and kindred functions, to which the word 'charity' is attached to satisfy bodies such as the.
15| In front and in the middle was erected an expiatory monument of a pyramidal shape, and surmounted by a funeral vase | " See also [ ]• Completed in 1988 as part of the broader project, it has become a landmark of the city of |
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| Pei returned again to the glass pyramid concept at the in Cleveland, Ohio, opened in 1995 | Simons, Marlise 28 March 1993 |
The pyramid structure was initially designed by Pei in late 1983 and presented to the public in early 1984.
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