Address:
Musée du Louvre
75058 Paris Cedex 01

Tel. : (33) 01 40 20 50 50
Fax : (33) 01 40 20 54 42
E-mail : info@louvre.fr

Further information for visitors:
www.louvre.fr


The Pyramide du Louvre in facts and figures:

Height of pyramid: 21.65m
Base length of pyramid: 35m
Angle of inclination: 51.7 degrees
Glass panes: 675 glass rhombi measuring 3.00m x 1.80m. Each rhombus weighs 150kg. Plus 118 triangles
Support structure: 6000 beams (between 58 and 90 mm), 2,100 nodes
Weight of support structure: 95 metric tonnes
Total weight of pyramid: approx. 180 metric tonnes
Roofed area: 1,250m2 within the 2.8ha of the Cour Napoléon
Usable area: 57,688m2 (net 49,312m²)
Volume of new building: approx. 200,000m³
Total construction cost: approx. 3,000 million Francs
Number of luminaires for concrete ceiling: 877
Number of luminaires for pyramid illumination: 960
Number of asymmetric wallwashers in concrete bays (2 x 18 watt, type: SXC): 377
Number of concrete installation housings (in 7 different versions): 877
Total number of luminaires: approx. 5000


Architect: Ieoh Ming Pei & Partners, New York
Executing architects: Georges Duval and Michael Macary
Project management: Yann Weymouth, Washington
Lighting design: Claude and Danielle Engle, Washington
Statics: Sogelerg, Rungis, Serete, Paris
Construction: Compagnie Francaise d'Entreprises Métalliques, Paris
Coordination: Planitec, Paris

Conversion 1999
Lighting designer: COSIL, Gerard FOUCAULT, Paris
www.cosil.net