But before anything, the architecture of the new building is beautiful with sunlight flooding in, like through a pattern of mosaic that the Arab world are very well known for. There is so much water involved in the design plan, it honestly gives worries to viewers like me about the art work to be loaned, but I assume money will resolve everything and set the temperature and lighting perfeclty. The architect is Jean Nouvel from France.
It is not only great that art will spread, but also that Louvre brought about a new means of sustainability (money). A few years ago, it was so heartbreaking to read many museums having to close or sell off their historical art collection along with the global crisis. Museums have to be alive and therefore constantly need to buy new collections.
The Louvre in Paris has almost 450,000 pieces and exhibit 35,000 of them. Along with the great pieces to be loaned, the Louvre can share its historical accumulation of knowledge and the brand.
These art work to be loaned for 10 years, the use of the Louvre name for 30 years, and the advisory etc were priced at 975 million Euro. Added to that, the original estimated construction cost was 83 million Euro. Richness.
By the way, this is a really nice website called designbuild-network, which has a lot of fantastic information and where I also owe the photo credit.
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