I tend to agree with the obituary described about what I.M. Pei's explanation: He argued that his glass pyramid was merely an updated version of a traditi

I tend to agree with the obituary described about what I.M. Pei's explanation: He argued that his glass pyramid was merely an updated version of a traditional form, and that his redesigned courtyard had been influenced by the geometric work of the French landscape architect Le Notre. It was rigorously rational, in other words, and in that sense classically French. > but it's a little disgusting how proud of where it was placed. Also, I.M. Pei himself considered JFK Library the most important commission of his life[1], not the Louvre Pyramid. What he merely said was he didn't think he made a wrong choice in designing the glass pyramid. And there were quite a bit of background info and context in his choice in the wikipedia article.[2] [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I._M._Pei#/media/File:JFK_library_Stitch_Crop.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I._M._Pei#/media/File:JFK_libr... [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I._M._Pei#Le_Grand_Louvre,_Paris https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I._M._Pei#Le_Grand_Louvre,_Par...