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Grand Louvre - Pyramide
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TYPOLOGY |
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ARCHITECTURE | Museums and buildings for exhibitions
Art museums
Urban equipment and structures for public areas
Structures for public areas
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ARCHITECTURE | Architecture of parklands and water
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1989 |
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Le Moniteur. L'Equerre d'Argent Prix Spécial Grands Projets Parisiens |
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1989 |
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Prix d'Excellence L'Association des Ingénieurs Conseils du Canada |
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Design Award European Convention for Constructional Steelwork |
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Prix Special Le Syndicat de la Construction Métallique de France |
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1988 |
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First Prize, Structural Buildings Category New York Association of Consulting Engineers Engineering Excellence Competition |
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THE BUILDING IN CINEMA |
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Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Sir Ian McKellen, Paul Bettany, Jean Reno, Alfred Molina, Jürgen Prochnow |
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Belphégor. Le fantôme du Louvre [Belphegor. Phantom of the Louvre]
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Sophie Marceau, Michel Serrault, Frédéric Diefenthal, Julie Christie, Juliette Gréco |
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BIBILIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES |
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Philip Jodidio, I. M. Pei. La Pyramide du Louvre / The Louvre Pyramid, Prestel, München/London 2009 |
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Hervé Martin, Guide de l'Architecture Moderne à Paris 1900-1995/Guide to Modern Architecture in Paris 1900-1995, Éditions Alternatives, Paris 1995, 5ª edition, p. 24 |
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Alessandro Rocca, "Peter Rice, poeta del brutalismo/Peter Rice, Poet of Brutalism", Lotus international 78, ottobre/october 1993 [Omaggio a Peter Rice], pp. 6-39
"Pyramide Inversée, Grand Louvre, 1991 Paris. Ieoh Ming Pei. R.F.R.", Lotus international 78, ottobre/october 1993 [Omaggio a Peter Rice], pp. 36-37 (6-39) |
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"Parijs, twee denkwijzen /Paris, two ways of thinking", Archis 10/1989, oktober/october 1989, pp. 13-53 Paul Vermeulen, "Pei's pyramid and Von Spreckelsen's cube. Louvre additions and the Grande Arche de la Defense", Archis 10/1989, oktoberoctober 1989, pp. 15-21 (13-53) |
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Roger Kimball, "The riddle of the pyramid", Architectural record 177, january 1989, pp.58-61 |
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Jaime Cervera, "El vertice de cristal: la piramide de Pei en el Louvre/The crystal peak: the Pei pyramid in the Louvre", Arquitectura viva 3, noviembre 1988, pp. 46-47 |
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Jean-Claude Garcias, "La piramide dell'amnesia (tanto rumore per un lucernario)/The pyramid of amnesia (so much noise for a skylight)", Casabella 545, aprile/april 1988, p. 39 |
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Charlotte Ellis, "Pei off centre", Architectural Review 1060, june 1985, p. 4 |
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R.F.R. - Peter Rice, Michael Francis, Ian Ritchie |
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