Architecture CodeX #28 Louvre Museum by I M Pei

VIVE LA RÉVOLUTION: Architecture Codex looks at how devote modernist I M Pei handled the renovations to the historic Louvre Museum and the controversy of his pyramid addition. Errata: I M Pei was born Guangzhou, Guangdong, China but raised in Shanghai. I conflated the phrase "raised" and "born" when there was an important to distinction to make. #architecture #architecturedesign #architecturehistory #architecturelovers #molinelli #architects #architecturetheory #louvremuseum #paris #france #art #impei 0:00 Introduction 0:23 Plan Voisin 1:00 The museums of I M Pei 2:35 A museum through revolution 5:16 The Six-Minute Louvre 6:07 The controversy of the Pyramid 8:59 History meets Modernity