French Ministry of Culture taps Studios Architecture Paris and Selldorf Architects to lead Louvre transformation
The French Ministry of Culture has announced that an international partnership between Studios Architecture Paris and Selldorf Architects will lead the transformation of the Louvre's entrance. This decision follows a jury meeting that had been postponed amid a crisis at the museum. The project will also involve collaboration with French landscape architects Base.
- ▪The Louvre-Grande Colonnade architecture competition was won by Studios Architecture Paris and Selldorf Architects.
- ▪The project was announced after a turbulent period for the museum, including the theft of the French crown jewels.
- ▪Christophe Leribault has been appointed as the new president of the Louvre following the resignation of Laurence des Cars.
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Aerial view of the project by Studios Architecture Paris and Selldorf Architects, selected for the new entrance to the Louvre in Paris. STUDIOS ARCHITECTURE PARIS ET SELLDORF ARCHITECTS In a discreet announcement couched in the polished, somewhat hollow language characteristic of press releases, the Ministry of Culture revealed the news on Monday, May 18, five days after the jury met: The Louvre-Grande Colonnade architecture competition was won by an international partnership between STUDIOS Architecture Paris and Selldorf Architects, the latter founded by Annabelle Selldorf, in collaboration with French landscape architects Base. No further details were provided, as the ministry declined to comment.
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