Department of Islamic Art

Another example of contemporary architecture that has been very well

accepted and has a great significance for what it represents in the global

world is the new Department of Islamic Art in the Louvre Museum. It was

Mario Bellini and his Rudy

Ricciotti, inaugurated in 2012. The roof is the highlight of their creation, it

represents an undulating golden blanket. The contrast between the new

architecture and the surroundings of neoclassical facades turns the space

into an extraordinary environment where the old and new coexist.

As well as the project of the City of Arts and Science the new Department

of Islamic art has unique shapes that ally the use of technology, materials,

and structure to generate the final outcome that differ from some other

examples of architecture around the world. Even being from different times,

with those projects we can easily notice how great an architect`s mind can

be when using the interaction between design, technology and structural

knowledge.

designed by the Italian architect French colleague

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