BUILDINGS

LOUVRE-MUSEUM PYRAMID

Author: Leoh Ming Pei.

He is an american architect with Chinese origins. At the age of 18 he moved to USA and he succeeded at the Massachusetts Technological University. He also taught in Harvard. Usually, the uses abstract shapes and cold materials such as iron. Pei is won of the most important architects nowadays. He received the Pritzker Prize in honor to his work in 1983.

Location: Louvre Museum, Paris, France.

Period: 1989.

Function: To be the structure of one of the most important museum in the world. National and international reference. Tourist attraction.

Materials: 95 tonnes of iron and 105 tonnes of aluminium. Also of glass.

Shape and magnitude: Pyramid-shaped. Three small pyramids next to the important and big one. The base of the pyramid is 35,42 metres wide and 21.94 metres long. Also, when you access to the Louvre you enter through an upside down pyramid.

Opinion: I like a lot this structure because it is very elegant and transparent so it looks very modern. In my opinion it is original and I don´t find it boring. Maybe it´s a little extravagant but I think that it is good for calling the tourists attention.

GUGGENHEIM

Author:  Frank Gehry.

He is a canadian architect who now a days live in The United States. He has graduated in architecture at the University of Southern California when he was 26 years old. Years later he studied urbanism at the University of Harvard. In 1961 he moved to Paris with his wife and daughters to study the architectural works of European architects.Years later he returned to the United States where he began to design his first recognized architectural works. In 1989 he won the Prize pritzker.

Location: is located in Bilbao, Spain.

Period: in 1993 the design was presented and in 1997  the construction of the infrastructure was completed.

Function: to be the structure of an importante museum of art. Tourist attraction.

Materials: It is made up by the union of limestone and titanium.

Shape and magnitude: It has the shape of many amorphous cylinders together. The roof covers an area of ​​26,000 square meters and the museum has a maximum height of 50 meters.

Style: It uses deconstructivism and expressionist and contemporary architecture.

Opinion: I find this building very interesting due to it´s shape and I think it is very original and it looks very modern and elegant.

By: Juan Fern