摘要
贝聿铭对广州建筑的几何起伏十分着迷。广州是香港附近的热闹海港,贝聿铭就在香港的前卫建筑与高耸的摩天大楼之间的街道边长大。对于能为这些优雅建筑提供资金的国王、总统和独裁者,他同样兴趣浓厚。
From controversy to celebration Mitterrand[believed]that Pei was the best[architect]to devise a plan to build a new entrance[for the Louvre].Because there was a danger in digging under the Louvre itself,the obvious place to install a new entrance was beneath the Napoleon Court,an open area between the two wings.But what should the structure be?Should a surface structure match in some way the other parts of the Louvre?Orbea counterpoint to them?