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In architecture, an inverted pyramid is a structure in the shape of an upside-down pyramid. The Hanoi Museum and Hong Kong Coliseum are buildings which have an inverted pyramidal shape. The Pyramide Inversée in Paris is a skylight of this shape. The Tokyo Big Sight's conference tower consists of four inverted pyramids mounted on support bases.
The Louvre Inverted Pyramid (French: Pyramide inversée du Louvre) [1] is a skylight constructed in the Carrousel du Louvre, an underground shopping mall in front of the Louvre Museum in France. It may be thought of as a smaller sibling of the more famous Louvre Pyramid proper, yet turned upside down: its upturned base is easily seen from outside.
The first design Michael Goodwin proposed was a large concrete building, similar to Boston City Hall. The city council rejected his design. The next was a structure that terraced down the slope of Tempe Butte. The council also rejected this design. Goodwin then came up with the idea of an inverted pyramid while in the shower.
"I originally designed a building that cantilevered toward the river, so it was like a pyramid upside down. It was 12 stories, and so when you got to the top floor, it was 120 feet toward the river. When I presented it to the president of the Money Store , he thought it was interesting, but he wanted a symmetrical building...
A team of engineers suggests a new theory on how Egypt’s first pyramid was built — a water elevator used to float heavy stones through the middle of the structure.
Several structures have successively occupied the site, most recently, the third owned by the city, a five-story inverted pyramid-shaped building [1] [2] designed by St. Petersburg architect William B. Harvard, Sr. [3] That Inverted Pyramid Pier was closed in 2013, and the new 26-acre Pier District opened on July 6, 2020. [4]
Its pyramid complex, which functioned as a temple for the resurrected god-pharaoh after his funeral, is better preserved than others due to its limestone blocks enclosed in a sheath of thin-facing ...
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